Game 162 - Red Sox, Yankees, Blue Jays and Mariners

[gratuitous]

There could be a four-way tie for the American League wild card spots. 163 games may not be enough!

[OAITW r.2.0]

1. Incredible....thought Boston was sunk after the NYY series, but....they are hanging in there.

I so want to see the Sox and the Yanks in Beantown for the deciding game,,,,,

[SoCalDavidS]

2. Possibility Of A Game 163 In National League As Well

A Dodgers Win and Giants Loss on Sunday, gives them both a 106-56 record.

They would play Game 163 on Monday in SF, because the Giants won the season series 10-9. The loser would then play the Wild Card game on Wednesday. The Division Series starts Friday.

Should be an interesting afternoon.

[OAITW r.2.0]

3. Kind of a mirror image of the Yanks/Sox.....

Boston wiped them early....then the Yankess cleaned house on the Sox. By one game, the playoff is in Boston. I really want to be on Landsdowne Street. Eating good food, drinking good beer, and celebrating this play-off game.

[Sibelius Fan]

4. Very nervous about my Yankees. They got killed yesterday by Tampa Bay.

If they beat Tampa Bay today, they’re in. They would then play the WC game. If they win that, they then play…Tampa Bay, who have owned the Yankees this year.

[Danmel]

5. Yesterday couldn't have worse for the Yankees

I'm quite nervous

[Sibelius Fan]

7. Yep. I'm afraid their best shot at winning was Friday night.

The Rays are great offensively. A lot of their hits yesterday were off arguably good pitches. They go after everything.

BTW - I get tired of so many Yankee batters taking a first-pitch strike. They do much better when they go after those pitches, like they did against the Jays.

[First Speaker]

6. I *still* hate the "Wild Card"...

...even though, as a Sawx fan, 2004 couldn't have happened without it. Even so. I hate the artificial "pennant races" it creates, the devaluation of real pennant races, and the way it encourages mediocrity. But hey, I admit I'm an old fogey. I also hate 13-man pitching staffs, every game with 5 or 6 pitchers, and the lack of 300-inning guys. Give me Gibson against Seaver for nine innings any day...

[Sibelius Fan]

8. I would be OK if MLB got rid of the WC and made 4 divisions out of each league.

I still don’t know how you deal with a situation like that in the NL West, where one game will separate the two best teams in MLB, with the second-place team forced to play a WC game, and with other teams winning their divisions with records nowhere close to LA and SF.

[Bmoboy]

9. My Orioles did all they could for the Blue Jays

... and it still wasn't enough.