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The best is that the Sox (White) won again. It's now almost certain that one of the two East teams will miss the playoffs, which is wonderful.

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Yeah, because the Indians have never blown anything before.

Cleveland 92 64 .590 -
NY Yankees* 91 64 .587 .5
Boston* 91 64 .587 .5

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With the Yankees and Red Sox playing each other, and the Indians having an extra win in hand, they have a significant edge over either team.

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The same people who keep point out that the Yanks and Sox play the final 3 games together don't realize that the Indians and Sox play during the same time.

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The same people who think those are equivalent situations don't realize that the White Sox have a 3 game lead on both Boston and New York, making the situations totally different.

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i understand this, though i know there are people on here (and even baseball tonight [img]/images/graemlins/shocked.gif[/img]) that think the situations are even.

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the indians will be very dangerous if they make the playoffs. they have the best pitching in the league which is what the playoffs are all about.

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they have the best pitching in the league which is what the playoffs are all about.

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Ummm. Okay.

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"and fix your [censored] avatar Dynasty."

And fix mine too, please.

Thanks.

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I think home field is very important. Example: Game is tied going into the 9th. At Fenway, Torre doesn't bring in Rivera in the bottom of the 9th because if the Yankees don't score in the 10th he'd have to go at least 3 innings to end the game. Whereas at home he'd certainly bring him in.

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At Fenway, Torre doesn't bring in Rivera in the bottom of the 9th because if the Yankees don't score in the 10th he'd have to go at least 3 innings to end the game.

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Maybe true, but he'd be wrong not to bring Rivera in.

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"With the Yankees and Red Sox playing each other, and the Indians having an extra win in hand, they have a significant edge over either team."

This is a key point. If all three teams, for example, have the same record going into the final three games, the Indians would only have to win one of the three to be tied for the wild card. If they have a one game lead, they'd be guaranteed a wild card tie even if they lost all three games. And if all three teams end up with the same record after Sunday, the Indians are the only one guaranteed to get in.

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And if all three teams end up with the same record after Sunday, the Indians are the only one guaranteed to get in.

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How do you figure?

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Yankees and Red Sox would play one game to determine the division winner, and that game counts in the standings. The winnner wins the divison and the loser ends up a half game behind the Indians for the wild card.

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Actually, he might. He brought in Rivera in the 1st game of the 2000 World Series in the top of the 9th with his team down by a run. So who knows. But it's still an easier decision at home.