That you see bad teams like Houston and Miami beat good teams like Atlanta and Washington, whereas in the NFL and NBA you rarely see it. You KNOW the Patriots will beat the Colts. You KNOW the Heat will beat the Sacramento Kings.

72-10 Chicago Bulls team lost to 21-61 Toronto Raptors team

Yes that occasionally does happen, but it's a lo more common in baseball. Maybe because there's so many more games played?

Baseball is more about every day attitude of all 9 players for 162 games. Football is only 16 games and it's easy for players to keep their edge when playing once a week rather than every day. In todays NFL, due to pairity, you see a lot of bad teams beating good teams.

The crappy Rex Grossman led Redskins beat the Giants twice this year.

Because in baseball the defense controls the ball and on any given day a pitcher can have a good game for a bad team or a bad game for a good team.

Law of averages. Baseball is the only one of the major sports, where it is 9 vs 1 and when the 1 is at his best, he's failing almost 65 - 70 % of the time.

Because baseball has a huge luck component.

Because in the NFL and NBA, the exact same team is out there for every game pretty much. In baseball, each team has a different starting pitcher every day and maybe 2, 3, or more relievers come in to pitch as well. It's hard for a team as a whole to stay consistent when the guy who begins each play is different with different styles of pitching, up to 4 or 5 times per game in some cases.

"Momentum is only as good as the next days' starting pitcher"

The law of averages comes into play here, too. The Braves had won what? 9 of 10 coming into the game? Add that to the fact that Houston had won 10 road games ALL SEASON, and Maholm had OWNED them, and it was simply time for a little law of averages "catch up". As long as the Braves win today, all is well. Dropping 2 of 3 to Houston prior to hitting the road is NOT acceptable.

Some of it has to do with just how hard it is to consistently hit and pitch a baseball well. Hitters are trying to make solid contact on one round object going 90+ mph with another round object. Pitchers have to keep throwing to an area 17" wide x 2-3' high from 60' away.

The biggest factor though IMO is the nature of the batting order and the rest required by starting pitching. The hottest batter only gets to hit one of every 9 times, and if he leaves the game he's out for good. The hottest starter only pitches every 5 games.

Would the Heat have won the title if Lebron could only shoot every 5th possession? Would the Patriots dominate if Brady could only pass every 11 downs?

The other sports allow their best players to be more involved all the time.

One more: In baseball, it's hard to pick on defensive weaknesses like you can in other sports.

*Maybe because there's so many more games played? *

There you go, you answered your own question. If you honestly believe that there is more to it than that, well I'm sorry for your loss.