I have a question on this one-game playoff, aka, the 163rd game of the season. FYI, I'm a Yankees fan, not too disappointed that the Yanks were eliminated, I think the Red Sox may have had an upper hand if we were to face them. So GO ROCKIES!
I remember the old skool format, pre-Wildcard, when there were just 2 divisions per League, and it's pretty much the "final four" from there, cut and dry.
Now, with the Wildcard since 1995, will there ever be a situation where a one-game playoff would decide a Division champion? In other words, can a Wildcard Winner be decided BEFORE a Division Champion, and the result would be a one-game playoff for that division? (like '78 NYY vs BOS for the East).
I don't think it can happen but I can't get my head around it, since Wildcard means "the best of the rest", meaning, each Division has already been claimed by a Champion. But then again, sometimes the Wildcard leader can have a better record than a Division leader. I dunno!
2007-10-14
10:34:07
·
8 answers
·
asked by
Santiago
1
in
Baseball