Miller: 2017 MLB season recap: 27 head-scratching plot holes

From Sam Miller at ESPN.com on September 28, 2017:

Every television show struggles, as the seasons pile up, to elevate the stakes, push the plot further, and justify new adventures without straining audience credulity. Few shows, even the best, pull it off entirely.

The 115th season of Major League Baseball was one of the most purely spectacular seasons to date, but if you think about it for more than a few minutes, the whole thing comes crashing down faster than a Giancarlo Stanton homer in the Marlins Park bar. More than any other season, this one glossed over so many logistical hurdles and relied on so many convenient twists to arrive at its endgame that it didn’t make much sense at all.

In an effort to highlight the glaring moments of Season 115 that just didn’t make any sense, we came up with 27 basic questions the writers failed to answer.

Read the full article here: http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/20838192/mlb-season-115-recap-counted-27-head-scratching-plot-holes



Originally published: September 28, 2017. Last Updated: September 28, 2017.