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    Bill Shaikin: Taste of Big Apple whine

    by Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times Aug 12, 2018 4 minutes

    LOS ANGELES_Take a seat before you read this.

    Please. We wouldn't want you to get hurt because you fell down laughing.

    Here goes: Major League Baseball is proceeding with a playoff system that is just not fair to the New York Yankees. Yes, ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, and fans of all ages: The system is holding the Yankees down.

    This is the seventh year of the current postseason format, but the potential Yank-apocalypse has spawned a wave of East Coast commentary about how the system must be changed. The Yankees could win 100 games, so the argument goes, but their terrific season could come down to one game: the sudden-death, wild-card game. How about some RESPECT for the

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