Yankees/Red Sox game has been rain-delayed for over two hours now. How long will they continue to wait before the game is cancelled?
^So what's the deal, Braves win plus Padres loss = wild card.
If the Braves and Padres both win that sets off some funky 3-way tiebreaker scenario.
SCENARIO NO. 1
Sunday: San Diego beats San Francisco; Philadelphia beats Atlanta
Records:
San Francisco 91-71 | San Diego 91-71 | Atlanta 90-72
Outcome:
San Diego is the NL West champion (wins head-to-head tiebreaker)
San Francisco is the NL wild card
Atlanta is out of the playoffs
*****
SCENARIO NO. 2
Sunday: San Francisco beats San Diego; Philadelphia beats Atlanta
Records:
San Francisco 92-70 | San Diego 90-72 | Atlanta 90-72
Outcome:
San Francisco is the NL West champion
Monday -- San Diego at Atlanta for NL wild card
*****
SCENARIO NO. 3
Sunday: San Diego beats San Francisco; Atlanta beats Philadelphia
Records:
San Francisco 91-71 | San Diego 91-71 | Atlanta 91-71
Outcome:
Monday -- San Francisco at San Diego for NL West title
Tuesday -- SFO/SDG loser at Atlanta for NL wild card
*****
SCENARIO NO. 4
Sunday: San Francisco beats San Diego; Atlanta beats Philadelphia
Records:
San Francisco 92-70 | Atlanta 91-71 | San Diego 90-72
Outcome:
San Francisco is the NL West champion
Atlanta is the NL wild card
San Diego is out of the playoffs
NL Division Series matchups:
Cincinnati at Philadelphia
Atlanta at San Francisco
Well, the Yankees have blown every chance at becoming the Division Champs for the AL East and will have to settle for the wild card slot. As such, the playing field is now set
Yankees at the Twins and Texas at Tampa.
While it sucks that the Yankees couldn't take their division, in the past the Yankees have proven to be kryptonite to the Twins. Let's see if it continues this post season.
No love for Tampa?Since my Jays once again failed to make the playoffs, I'll continue my practice of cheering for the ones that haven't been there and might not make it back any time soon: Cincinnati and Texas. I will also be cheering for Atlanta simply to give Bobby Cox a good send off!
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