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Ahem ...
I had to clear my throat.
Yours is a specious argument that is common, if not forthcoming in every debate of this basic nature.
If the pitch was called a strike, the Angels win. If the pitch is called a ball, the game is tied and the bases remain loaded and the Angels may not go on to win. But, I repeat, if the pitch was called a strike, the Angels win.
The Angels did not win. If the pitch was called a strike, the Angels win.
One call goes one way and the Angels win. The same call goes the other way and they are still alive, but they lose. So it's not a direct loss, but very close.
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