You're a smart guy David. You know this has zero to do with who's the better team/matchup, and everything to do with media markets. And I understand that the Cubs in the playoffs trump that. Even for ratings, it would be a bad decision, which is precisely why I'll shocked and disgusted. something tells me they know more about this than you do It's the [expletive] Mets. If it were the Yankees, I'd agree. They're like a rich man's version of the White Sox. The fact that it's both those markets is the only reason it's even close. The White Sox are a terrible comparison. The Mets are huge here. They play second fiddle to an absurdly successful Yankees team but they are by no means an afterthought. They basically get twice as many viewers than Cubs games, due to the size of the market. The Cubs are a great story and Cubs/Cardinals is big but Mets/Dodgers is enormous.