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Originally posted by spookyfish
No, it's right. The Yankees clinched, by virtue of a better season head-to-head record with the Red Sox. (That's the first divisional tie-breaker.) Even if the Red Sox win and tie the Yankees for the best record in the division, they don't win the division.
If the Red Sox lose then the Sox play the Indians in a one-game playoff to see who goes to the postseason (provided Cleveland wins tomorrow = str8 does not wager on them.) Since Cleveland's offense looks like dog-meat at the moment, they still have a pretty good chance of making the postseason even if they drop tomorrow's game.
But they would get the Wild Card with a win tomorrow, regardless of whether Cleveland wins tomorrow or not. And, if you paid attention to what happened last year, the Sox won the World Series as the Wild Card team.
So, are you asking this because you want to see the Red Sox in or the Yankees out? Or is there some other independent reason known only to one of the Paigows?
Fuck, my head hurts.
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Hmm, I am still not with you. . Going into today, they had the same record. Now the Yanks are one up wth one to go, so the Yanks would need two to clinch Bc if they lost, they are back to being tied, no? The Red Sox needed three wins to clinch and the Yanks need two. If the Yanks lose tomorrow, Its Red Sox-Yanks on Monday, right? What am I missing? How can the Yanks and the Red Sox not have had the same record going into today?
ETA: ok, so this time I read the article and it appears that while I am right that if boston wins tomorrow, they will have the same record ast the yanks. But there is some twist (I watch too much reality tv) whereby the yanks get to clinch bc Cleveland lost and if cleveland won, they would not have? I dont get why the Cleveland stuation made the difference since they are in a different division.
