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Originally Posted by Cork55
I have also experienced this as well. 14 playoff appearances (12 with the best record) and only 2 championships. What bothers me the most is that my key starters suddenly stop being aces and get pounded. My teams offense also dips as the opposing 2 star pitchers suddenly become Cy Young.
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If 8 teams are making your playoffs, then you'd only really expect to win 14/8 = 1.75 championships if the playoffs are random. The playoffs aren't random, of course, but they're close, so winning twice in 14 years isn't so bad. If only 4 teams make your playoffs, well, that's a different story.
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Originally Posted by Cork55
I wonder if the game resets something after the regular season ends that introduces the chance for a lot more variation in player performance. This would be akin to how players perform at the start of spring training.
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I've at times suspected that streaks and slumps reset at the beginning of the playoffs, even if the icecubes and flames are still printed on the lineup screen, so that players who have put up monster stats because of a year-long streak can suddenly turn into mediocrities once the playoffs start. Have never looked into this closely, however.
I'm still not convinced there's a game issue, since I think most of the results people have seen can come from small sample size. Like other posters in this thread, I've certainly had very long championship droughts in OOTP with great teams, but I've also had runs with three or four WS wins in a row (often with lesser teams).