August 25, 2003
A's Win
Quite a day. The Red Sox beat the Mariners this afternoon, and the A's hang on to beat the Blue Jays 8-6. There is now a three way tie for first place/wild card between the two AL West teams and the Red Sox. This is actually very good for the Red Sox. If the season were to end today, the Sox would be the wild card, and the Mariners and A's would play a one game winner take all for the other playoff spot (this happened in 1995 with the Mariners and Angels). The biggest beneficiary of this is the Yankees, who now have a big lead for home field advantage in the playoffs.