Letting The Cards lunch on the Padres is a travesty at best. MLB should make it a requirement that a team achieve a minimum of a 0.500 record to make the playoffs, provided another club with >0.500 is available to fill the slot.
Interesting point. We might have a situation where a team actually wins the WS and have a losing record.
I do have to point out that the Pods have a winning record against the Cards this year. Anything goes in a short series. I haven't looked at pitching stats yet, but will get around to it.