Games 163 & 164?
Unbelievable finish thats not over yet...
New York wins the East at 94-68, Denver wins the Central at 93-69, and thats all we know at this point. Philadelphia and Detroit tie for the wild card at 89-73, and Hawaii, Bay Area, and Hollywood all tie at 88-74 for the West title. Tomorrow, coin flips will help determine how the playoffs get resolved. Detroit and Philly will flip for home field advantage for a one game playoff to determine the wild card winner. Correct me if I'm wrong (and Jeff, perhaps you can double-check MLB's rules for this wacky situation), but I believe the West will be decided with teams 1 and 2 playing, and then the winner will host team 3 for the division title. The coin flip will determine who is who. You want to be team 3, since they only have to play one game to advance, even though it is on the road (plus, they get an extra day of rest). Regardless of whether they are team 3 or not, Hawaii will have to play their next 2 games without both Jake Cisco and Yoda Skywalker, who were injured on a freak collision in a game on Saturday.
Kenny Jr. finished with 98 steals. He might have gotten to 100 but Jason Gonzalez homered with Kenny taking off from first. It was a straight steal, but Gonzalez liked the pitch too much. Jojo Lewis won his 300th game in his next to last start. Roger Chillingworth gave New York home field advantage throughout the Major League playoffs and helped make the west into a 3-way tie by beating Hollywood on the final day of the season. Roger finished 13-1 with a 1.99 ERA in 18 starts. At the moment, Hank Crowell won the triple crown at .336-48-129. Nearest competitors are Ryan Harris at .327 (and he still may have 2 games left), Brett Solo with 42 homers, and Miguel Tejawa with 122 RBI (and he still may have 2 games left).
posted by Jeffrey Lamar Lewis @ 9:08 PM
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Actually the official ruling is as follows:
Scenario #4: If three Clubs are tied for first place in a Division (or Wild Card) with an identical winning percentage at the conclusion of the championship season and the tied Clubs do not have identical records against one another in the championship season, the tie for the Division Championship (or Wild Card) shall be broken as follows:
If the three tied Clubs have identical records against one another in the championship season, the Office of the Commissioner shall supervise a draw that results in the Clubs' being designated Club "A," "B," and "C."
If the tied Clubs do not have identical records against one another in the champoinship season, they will be designated Club "A,""B," and "C" based on their records in head-to- head competition during the championship season as follows:
If Club 1 has a better record against each of Clubs 2 and 3, and Club 2 has a better record against Club 3, then Club 1 shall choose a designation as Club "A," "B," or "C," and Club 2 shall choose a designation from the remaining two designations. Club 3 shall be assigned the remaining designation.
If Club 1 has a better record against each of Clubs 2 and 3, and Club 2 and Club 3 have the same record against each other, then Club 1 shall choose a designation as Club "A," "B," or "C," and the Office of the Commissioner shall supervise a draw between Clubs 2 and 3, the winner of which shall choose one of the remaining two designations. The remaining Club shall be assigned the remaining designation.
If Club 1 and Club 2 have the same record against each other but each has a better record against Club 3, then the Office of the Commissioner shall supervise a draw between Clubs 1 and 2, the winner of which shall choose a designation as Club "A," "B," or "C." The Club losing the draw shall choose a designation from the remaining two designations. Club 3 shall be assigned the remaining designation.
If Club 1 has a better record against Club 2, Club 2 has a better record against Club 3, and Club 3 has a better record against Club 1, then the three Clubs shall be ranked on the basis of overall winning percentage within that three-Club group, and the Club with the highest winning percentage from among that three-Club group shall have first choice among designations as Club"A," "B," or "C," the Club with the next highest winning percentage from among that three-Club group shall have the next choice between the two remaining designations, and the Club with the lowest winning percentage from among that three-Club group shall be assigned the remaining designation. If two or more of the Clubs within such three-Club group have the same winning percentage among the group, the Office of the Commissioner shall supervise a draw between the Clubs so tied to determine priority of selection among the designations.
Club"A" shall play Club "B" at the ballpark of Club "A" on Monday, September 29. The following day (Tuesday, September 30), the winner of the first game shall be the home Club in a second game, against Club "C." The winner of the game between Club"C" and the Club that won the game between Club"A" and Club"B" shall be declared the Division Champion.
Example of Scenario #4: The Chicago White Sox, Kansas City Royals and Minnesota Twins tie for the AL Central Division Championship. The Seattle Mariners have a better record than all three tied Clubs and would be the Wild Card. Based on their head-to-head records through games of September 7 (CWS 7-5 over each Minnesota and KC; KC 11-8 over Minnesota), the White Sox would choose their designation as Club "A," "B," or "C," and Kansas City would choose a designation from the remaining two designations. Minnesota would be assigned the remaining designation.
So, you are almost correct. But rather than a coin flip, it is based on the head to head winning percentage among Hawaii, Bay Area and Hollywood. The highest gets their pick of A, B, or C and the next highest gets the next pick. I also concur, the best slot is the pick where you play just the one game. The next best pick is where you host the 1st game and the left over pick is the one where you are stuck on the road for game 1.
Wow. What a season!
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