I said the same thing about Kwaleeb Faseem during the game, but the ravens lost guys too. you can't say what would and would not have happened, it's silly.
I agree completely.
If no MLB strike in 94, Showalter started Kamenecki in 95, Bernie got one hit in 97, and Rivera didn't have a throwing error in '01...the Yankees could have won 8 WS in a row......but they did not, so it's completely moot.
In pro sports, with the talent levels involved, there's always going to be one or two factors that can flip an outcome. The trouble is, isolating this stuff ignores all the other things that happened on the other side that could've again flipped it the other way.