Johnny Handsome
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why if Cleveland sweeps Chicago is there not a playoff for the division title? I was always under the impression if there was a tie the only tiebreaker is a playoff?
explanation please
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Johnny Handsome
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Dirty.....why if the Red Sox win 2 out of 3 this weekend are they talking about a playoff. The Yankees would win the season series 10-9. This doesn't make any sense.
dirty
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They are only talking playoff if the Indians win 2-3 also....That would mean The season each team would have a advantage over another team.....I.E NY or Boston over Cle and Cle over either NY or Boston so the tiebreaker is useless...
so therefore 2 teams would play Monday and then the winner would meet the 3rd team on Tuesday to see who makes the playoffs.
so therefore 2 teams would play Monday and then the winner would meet the 3rd team on Tuesday to see who makes the playoffs.
dirty
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Got this from MLB.com.....Hope this explains it better than I did
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There are some scenarios -- a few crazy, the remainder a possibility -- that could result in some playoff games to get to the postseason if all the stars align come the end of play Sunday.
What if the AL East and Central divisions are won outright and two teams in the AL Wild Card race finish with the same records?
The Yankees would play the Indians at the Jake or the Red Sox would play Cleveland at Fenway Park in a one-game playoff.
What if the Yankees, Red Sox and Indians all finish with the same records?
The Yankees and Red Sox play in New York for the AL East title and the loser plays the Indians for the Wild Card berth on Tuesday. New York is at the Jake if the Yanks lose and the Tribe is at Fenway if the Red Sox lose.
Why, you might ask, is there a Wild Card playoff game when the Indians would have a half-game better record than the Yankees-Red Sox loser? MLB has determined that it would not be fair for a team that's tied for a division title at the end of the regular season to be displaced in the postseason by a second-place team. Thus, the mandatory Wild Card playoff game.
What if the Yankees tie the Red Sox in the AL East?
Next Monday, the Yankees would host the Red Sox, unless those two teams finish with the best records in the AL. In that case, there wouldn't be a playoff game. Both teams would make the playoffs and the first-place team is determined by the two teams' head-to-head record. As of Tuesday, the Yankees led the season series, 9-7.
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There are some scenarios -- a few crazy, the remainder a possibility -- that could result in some playoff games to get to the postseason if all the stars align come the end of play Sunday.
What if the AL East and Central divisions are won outright and two teams in the AL Wild Card race finish with the same records?
The Yankees would play the Indians at the Jake or the Red Sox would play Cleveland at Fenway Park in a one-game playoff.
What if the Yankees, Red Sox and Indians all finish with the same records?
The Yankees and Red Sox play in New York for the AL East title and the loser plays the Indians for the Wild Card berth on Tuesday. New York is at the Jake if the Yanks lose and the Tribe is at Fenway if the Red Sox lose.
Why, you might ask, is there a Wild Card playoff game when the Indians would have a half-game better record than the Yankees-Red Sox loser? MLB has determined that it would not be fair for a team that's tied for a division title at the end of the regular season to be displaced in the postseason by a second-place team. Thus, the mandatory Wild Card playoff game.
What if the Yankees tie the Red Sox in the AL East?
Next Monday, the Yankees would host the Red Sox, unless those two teams finish with the best records in the AL. In that case, there wouldn't be a playoff game. Both teams would make the playoffs and the first-place team is determined by the two teams' head-to-head record. As of Tuesday, the Yankees led the season series, 9-7.
Johnny Handsome
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Thanks Dirty
That explanation doesn't make sense, and is worded incorrectly.( I know it isn't yours, but whoever wrote it screwed up) The Red Sox, Yankees loser wouldn't have a half game worse record, the only reason they have that is because they played an extra game. They all had the same record after the same amount of game. If it happens that is.
It has nothing to do with head to head match ups during the season, it isn't football. football does it because too many teams could end up with the same records, and doing a bunch of playoffs could take weeks. Football is to physical to make that plausible. Look at the Patriots, they have basically played an extra half season or so and they are falling left and right.
They always play the make up/rained out games IF they matter. That is why Sox had an immedite Double Header for that game that was rained out.
Basically it turns into a round robin tourney if they all end up tied. Seaon Series records only matter in HF.
It has nothing to do with head to head match ups during the season, it isn't football. football does it because too many teams could end up with the same records, and doing a bunch of playoffs could take weeks. Football is to physical to make that plausible. Look at the Patriots, they have basically played an extra half season or so and they are falling left and right.
They always play the make up/rained out games IF they matter. That is why Sox had an immedite Double Header for that game that was rained out.
Basically it turns into a round robin tourney if they all end up tied. Seaon Series records only matter in HF.
dirty
EOG Master
Got it straight from MLB.com
Head to head is the way the used to do it and still do if only 2 teams are tied.
That is why if the Sox and Injuns would have ended up tied the sox won the Divison....They wrapped up the Division when the magic Number was one becuase they held the Tiebreaker
Head to head is the way the used to do it and still do if only 2 teams are tied.
That is why if the Sox and Injuns would have ended up tied the sox won the Divison....They wrapped up the Division when the magic Number was one becuase they held the Tiebreaker