That’s because they are not all-out important. Only need to be good enough to get in the playoffs, then it’s a whole new tournament and format.
Unlike most soccer leagues, where every match is of equal importance.
What I have noticed is that in most American sports (except NHL), there is no desperation or urgency about scoring. You’ll get the ball back for your turn on offense. “Eh, we’ll stop them one of these drives/innings/possessions eventually, or we won’t win; it’s that simple.”
With hockey and soccer, you don’t get to be offense. You have to go get the ball/puck.
Probably why I prefer watching those sports over the others.
My buddy who was a basketball ref for a long time contends that the fluid nature of the game makes it more difficult to ref, even considering the length of the football rulebook.
I thought the Jays would at least send it to extra innings with runners on second and third and none out and three good hitters coming up but the baseball gods were cruel to them.
Mad Max starts today so hoping he can win like he did the last time he started a WS Game 7. Looking like it will be a bullpen day for the Dodgers but I don’t expect Max will last long either. This could be a high scoring affair.
Jays had 14 hits and only 4 runs to show for it. chances were there. Dodgers had 11 hits and only 5 runs. there were some pretty sweet defensive plays made and i can’t think of any errors that happened. (the collision in left center for the dodgers would have been an epic error but they caught it)
