Another thing in baseball is that the "best team" doesn't always win. There are hardly any dominant teams and few teams make the playoffs. In a baseball playoff series, anyone can win (both AL series went 5 games; the underdog Cubs won and the other NL series went 5 games), so its not comparable to say, the Cavs getting one of 8 playoff spots, or them celebrating after sweeping a ho-hum Celtics team. Its really hard to make the playoffs in baseball and there are a lot of variables each game. Definitely makes advancing through that mess a bit sweeter.