And yes, the Braves and the Orioles, baseball's two best regular-season teams, don't make it to the World Series. Life isn't always fair. Or even logical. Cleveland-Florida was the worst of all outcomes, the network bigwigs claim. Sounds like hogwash if you ask me.
Life goes on.
Sometimes everything goes as planned and Kentucky wins the NCAA hoops championship. But sometimes the Villanovas and the Arizonas of the world win too. I'm sure that would have been exciting, a real ratings-grabber. If you doubt me, listen to NBC broadcaster Bob Costas do his thing. He doesn't care that Greg Maddux won't toss a 50-pitch, complete game masterpiece or that Cal Ripken won't play in his 800,000th straight game.