In the first round of the MLB playoffs can two teams from the same division play.
2006-08-18 07:42:00 · 7 answers · asked by jam169 2 in Sports ➔ Baseball
No they cannot......
2006-08-18 07:51:19 · answer #1 · answered by Larry 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No. If the wild card comes from the same division as the team with the best record, the wild card plays the division winner with the second-best record, and the team with the best record plays the worst division winner.
So, were the season to end today, in the AL, Detroit would play Oakland, and the Yankees would meet the White Sox.
Which is what's going to happen in October anyway.
2006-08-18 08:43:43 · answer #2 · answered by TheOnlyBeldin 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No. Say in the AL, these teams make the playoffs:
Tigers
White Sox (Wild Card)
Angels
Red Sox,
Then the Tigers and White Sox won't play (even if Detroit has the best record). The Tigers would play the team with the worse record out of the Angels and Red Sox, and the other would play the White Sox.
2006-08-18 10:31:49 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
im pretty sure that cant happen even if the 1st seed and wild card are from the same division....well find out when the tigers win the central with the best record and the twins snatch the wild card
2006-08-18 07:52:14 · answer #4 · answered by paperclips86 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No they cannot meet up in the Divisional Series.
2006-08-18 08:15:45 · answer #5 · answered by GIL M 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
no but they can meet up in second round
2006-08-18 08:17:23 · answer #6 · answered by yankees fan 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
it didnt happen in 2004 when bos beat ny in alcs
2006-08-18 07:56:00 · answer #7 · answered by jim_shoe31 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋