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From: gates@bdmrrr.UUCP (Al Gates)
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Subject: Re:  post-season play and 1981 strike
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Date: Fri, 4-Oct-85 11:46:24 EDT
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Posted: Fri Oct  4 11:46:24 1985
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> >However, the Cards did have the best combined first-half,
> >second-half record in the division (and I think perhaps in the majors)
> >in 1981, but were shafted because of the strike.
> >
> >-- Brian Smith
> 
> Oops!! Booboo here!!  I can't recall the Cards' record
> in '81, but I do know that the Reds had the best combined
> record in the majors that year and were completely screwed
> because they weren't first in the first or second half of
> the season.

The Reds had the best combined record in the majors and likewise the 
best combined record in the NL West.  The Cardinals had the best combined
record in the NL East, yet they did not make the playoffs.  The A's had
the best combined record in the AL West and the Brewers had the best
combined record in the AL East.  The World Series was between the Yankees
and the Dodgers.  What a farce.