Your Shit Don't Work In The Playoffs, Either

Or something like that.

Those were the words uttered (approximately) by Athletics GM Billy Beane several years ago when asked why the Athletics never realized success in the playoffs despite constantly finding a way to get there after being written off time and time again. The vast majority of the talking heads and mediots, from that moment on, labelled Beane as a guy that couldn't get it done in the playoffs. That he didn't know how to build a playoff team.

Except, its not really that hard. You simply....build a good team. If your team is good enough to bet one of the top 4 in the league after 162 games, then you have yourself a good team. If you go online or turn on TV, everybody talks about clutch players, proven playoff performers, choke artists, yadda-yadda yadda. Don't listen to them, though. All that stuff is overrated.

What Beane meant when he said his shit don't work in the playoffs is that the playoffs in baseball are essentially a crap shoot. The entire goal of the season should be to make the playoffs (especially for non-Yankee/Red Sox teams) and then everything after that is gravy. The entire issue is sample size. They take 162 games to whittle it down to the top 4 teams, and then you play 5 games to try and determine which team is "better." All it takes is for a slump here, an injury there, and an opposition member or two heating up and bam!....you're outta the playoffs before they seemingly started. Beane recognized this and so he never let his post season struggles bother him. You get there enough times, eventually luck will favor you once or twice.

That's why Cubs fans need to stop being little punk ass emo bitches and suck it up. Yeah...your team lost. So what?!?!? It happens. You were playing a decent Dodgers team. It was only a 5 game series. ANYTHING can happen in a 5 game series. A bad break here and there and you'll lose some close games. It's the reason why only two teams from each league used to make the playoffs....because more often than not, the best team doesn't always win.

The Cubs didn't give up on you. They didn't have a roster full of clutchless followers wandering aimlessly about waiting for their Godly clutch leader to take the reins and bring them to glory. They just played flat for a week. That shit happens. Suck it up. There's still next year and this team will probably return mostly intact. If they add some more players they increase their chances in the playoffs next year. Don't come bitching and whining to me about clutchiness and gamers and leaders. Fuck...the Dodgers had Juan Pierre on their bench and he's apparently the clutchiest, gameriest leader in all of baseball if you listen to the media.

Suck it up bitches and take it like a man. Shit happens. Yeah, its been a long time...but you've had some pretty shitty teams in the past. You got the privelege to watch a pretty good team all year and you at least had the excitement of the playoffs for a few days. How the hell do you think Royals fans feel?