Races could reach dizzying heights

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The Dugout: NL Slugout
Published 9/28/2007 by Nick Dallamora at FanHouse

MLB.com: Races could reach dizzying heights
Published 9/28/2007 at BBTF's Baseball Primer Newsblog
MLB.com: Races could reach dizzying heights Brace yourself. That is the message Major League Baseball essentially sent everyone on the final Thursday of this unforgettable regular season, holding further coin tosses due to four- or even five-way playoff tiebreaker scenarios that have emerged. ... Turner Broadcasting, already geared up for its first autumn of broadcasting an MLB postseason (all Division Series and the National League Championship Series), would televise any playoff tiebreakers on Monday, or Tuesday, or Wednesday or even Thursday, if necessary. Turner would utilize TBS and TNT, as necessary, if multiple tiebreakers are played. ... If there s a five-way tie between the D-backs, Padres, Rockies, Mets and Phillies: There will be a lot more baseball to be played. The more the merrier, right? The Phillies would host the Mets on Monday to decide the NL East. The R ...

Clusterf@#k to the NL playoffs — an update
Published 9/28/2007 by Gilbert at Obscure Sports Quarterly

Baseball Today: Friday, September 28
Published 9/28/2007 by Art Martone (amartone@projo.com) at Projo Sox Blog
... , though there's still a chance for four-way ties. MLB.com lists the various tie-breaking scenarios. ...

The Griddle: The AL East title is coming! The AL East title is coming!
Published 9/29/2007 at The Griddle
... If there is a three-way tie among Boston, Cleveland, and Los Angeles, the Red Sox will be the #1 seed because they had the best record in head-to-head competition among the teams at 11-6. Cleveland would then be #2 and Los Angeles #3. If Boston and New York tie for the AL East, New York holds the tiebreaker advantage at 10-8. If there is a four-way tie among the four AL playoff teams, the Yankees would be the #1 team, Cleveland would be #2, Los Angeles would be #3, and Boston the wild card at #4. NL tiebreaker info

The Griddle: Give the Cubs their salute!
Published 9/29/2007 at The Griddle
... If there is a three-way tie among Boston, Cleveland, and Los Angeles, the Red Sox will be the #1 seed because they had the best record in head-to-head competition among the teams at 11-6. Cleveland would then be #2 and Los Angeles #3. If Boston and New York tie for the AL East, New York holds the tiebreaker advantage at 10-8. If there is a four-way tie among the four AL playoff teams, the Yankees would be the #1 team, Cleveland would be #2, Los Angeles would be #3, and Boston the wild card at #4. NL tiebreaker info

The Griddle: Arizona can take off its rainbow shades
Published 9/29/2007 at The Griddle
... If there is a three-way tie among Boston, Cleveland, and Los Angeles, the Red Sox will be the #1 seed because they had the best record in head-to-head competition among the teams at 11-6. Cleveland would then be #2 and Los Angeles #3. If Boston and New York tie for the AL East, New York holds the tiebreaker advantage at 10-8. If there is a four-way tie among the four AL playoff teams, the Yankees would be the #1 team, Cleveland would be #2, Los Angeles would be #3, and Boston the wild card at #4. NL tiebreaker info

The Griddle: Diamondbacks strike for the top
Published 9/30/2007 at The Griddle
... If there is a three-way tie among Boston, Cleveland, and Los Angeles, the Red Sox will be the #1 seed because they had the best record in head-to-head competition among the teams at 11-6. Cleveland would then be #2 and Los Angeles #3. NL tiebreaker info

Extra Regular Season Baseball? Tie Possibilities Are High!
Published 9/30/2007 by Maury Brown at The Biz of Baseball :: Business of Sports Network

Game 162 Open Thread, September 30, 2007
Published 9/30/2007 by houstoncardinal <info@vivaelbirdos.com> at Viva El Birdos: Front Page Posts

The Final Round
Published 9/30/2007 by Ryan McConnell at NJ.com: Always Amazin'
... : The bench-clearing incident that ensued took several minutes to control, and there was no shortage of postgame threats and insults -- including the ones from shortstop Hanley Ramirez, who said, "[Bleep] everybody on the Mets. I'm going to kick their butts." I'm not going to waste the energy summarizing all of the playoff permutations, but this article does a pretty good job. Billy Wagner sure ...

The Griddle: Proclaim a playoff spot throughout the land for Philadelphia
Published 9/30/2007 at The Griddle
National League Rank Team W L PCT Division 1 Arizona 90 71 .559 W1 2 Philadelphia 89 73 .549 E1 3 Chicago Cubs 85 77 .525 C1 4 San Diego 89 72 .553 W2 5 Colorado 88 73 .547 W3 6 New York Mets 88 74 .543 E2 7 Atlanta 84 78 .519 E3 8T Milwaukee 82 79 .509 C2 8T Los Angeles Dodgers 82 79 .509 W4 10 St. Louis 77 84 .478 C3 11T Washington 73 89 .451 E4 11T Houston 73 89 .451 C4 13 Cincinnati 72 90 .444 C5 14 Florida 71 91 .438 E5 15 San Francisco 70 91 .435 W5 16 Pittsburgh 68 93 .422 C6 American League Rank Team W L PCT Division 1 Boston 96 65 .596 E1 2 Cleveland 95 66 .590 C1 3 Los Angeles Angels 94 67 .584 W1 4 New York Yankees 93 68 .578 E2 5T Detroit 87 74 .540 C2 5T Seattle 87 74 .540 W2 7 Toronto 83 79 .512 E3 8 Minnesota 78 83 .484 C3 9T Texas 75 86 .466 W3 9T Oakland 75 86 .466 W3 11 Chicago White Sox 72 89 .447 C4 12T Baltimore 69 92 .429 E4 12T Kansas City 69 92 .429 C5 14 Tampa Bay 66 96 .407 E5 ...

The Griddle: State Department announces new job for idle Mets mascot
Published 10/1/2007 at The Griddle
National League Rank Team W L PCT Division 1 Arizona 90 72 .556 W1 2 Philadelphia 89 73 .549 E1 3 Chicago Cubs 85 77 .525 C1 4T San Diego 89 73 .549 W2 4T Colorado 89 73 .549 W2 6 New York Mets 88 74 .543 E2 7 Atlanta 84 78 .519 E3 8 Milwaukee 83 79 .512 C2 9 Los Angeles Dodgers 82 80 .506 W4 10 St. Louis 78 84 .481 C3 11T Washington 73 89 .451 E4 11T Houston 73 89 .451 C4 13 Cincinnati 72 90 .444 C5 14T Florida 71 91 .438 E5 14T San Francisco 71 91 .438 W5 16 Pittsburgh 68 94 .420 C6 American League Rank Team W L PCT Division 1 Boston 96 66 .593 E1 2 Cleveland 96 66 .593 C1 3 Los Angeles Angels 94 68 .580 W1 4 New York Yankees 94 68 .580 E2 5T Detroit 88 74 .543 C2 5T Seattle 88 74 .543 W2 7 Toronto 83 79 .512 E3 8 Minnesota 79 83 .488 C3 9 Oakland 76 86 .469 W3 10 Texas 75 87 .463 W4 11 Chicago White Sox 72 90 .444 C4 12T Baltimore 69 93 .426 E4 12T Kansas City 69 93 .426 C5 14 Tampa Bay 66 96 .407 E5 ...