Each baseball game is so high variance that even a 5 or 7 game series is still largely a crap shoot. Unlike the NFL or NBA, any MLB team that makes the playoffs has a puncher's chance to with the title. It's one of the beauties of the game. (Unless you're a Dodgers fan.)
The way I look at it is the Patriots in '85 had maybe a 1 in 10 chance to beat the Bears in the Super Bowl. And I think that's being charitable.
Meanwhile the best regular season team of my lifetime, the '01 Seattle Mariners, still only win maybe 75% to 80% of the time vs. the historically terrible 2024 White Sox.
Now put the '85 Bears against a historically inept team instead of one of the other best teams in the league that year. I'm not sure the '76 Buccaneers win 1 game out of 100.
It's just not possible to physically dominate a game in baseball the way it is in football.
