1981. Dodgers win the World Series over the Yankees. Brewers played 109 games. The rest of the teams were around that number but it wasn't an equal amount. The season was split into two halves. The team with the best record in the NL, St Louis, did not make the playoffs because they didn't win either "half" There is no asterisk by the Dodgers for that World Series. This would not be unprecedented, it has happened before. I get that we all want it the usual way but I don't think it lessens the final result.