Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
September 04, 2006
Massive Tie

Here's a look at what the best outcomes are today to help to a massive tie in the National League:

Washington defeats St. Louis.
Florida defeats the Arizona (I'm considering the Diamondbacks out of it at this point).
Milwaukee defeats Los Angeles
Houston defeats Philadelphia.
Atlanta defeats New York.
Colorado defeats San Diego.

San Francisco at Cincinnati offers a tough choice. Both are 2 1/2 games out of the wild card, but the Giants are closer to a division tie than the Reds. In order to get the kind of week-long playoff contest I'd like to see, we at least need a three way tie for one division, with the teams also tied for the wild card. That would force a two day playoff for the division, then a playoff for the wild card. If a team from another division also finishes with the same record, then you get a two-day wild card playoff. So San Francisco winning makes the three way division tie more likely. So I'll so with a Giants win in this game, but my guess is it doesn't matter that much.


Posted by David Pinto at 11:18 AM | Division Races | TrackBack (0)
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