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“And let’s also say that change is neither good nor bad, it simply is. It can be greeted with terror or joy, a tantrum that says ‘I want it the way it was,’ or a dance that says, ‘Look, something new!’”
— Don Draper, “Mad Men”
No sport has perfected the postseason. Such a state can only exist in one’s mind.
(Meanwhile, European soccer fans argue that playoffs are superfluous, inherently devaluing the excellence and consistency required over many months in exchange for the unjust thrill attached to a playoff series or sudden-death game).
