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Originally posted by paigowprincess
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?
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I'll type more slowly.
If the Red Sox win tomorrow, they will have an identical record to the Yankees, which would mean there was a
tie.
Major League Baseball has these things called tie-breakers, in case of just such an eventuality between teams in the same division.
The first tie breaker is the "head-to-head" record.
After looking it up, counting tomorrow's game, the Yankees and Red Sox will have played each other 19 times.
With New York's win today, they have won 10 games against the Red Sox this season.
Even if the Red Sox win tomorrow, they will have no more than 9 wins against the Yankees this year.
So, even if we were to assume the Sox win tomorrow, the Yankees win the tie breaker with a record of 10-9 in head-to-head meetings, so they clinched the division today.
Got it now?
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