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Originally posted by BobbyTheDon
ok so they won the divison? so i guess them winning the season series 10-8 (possibly 10-9) did come to play. What the hell was this whole thought about these two teams playing a one game playoff then? It never would have came down to that.

All the yankees had to do was just win 1 game during this series.

Or, if the Red Sox swept this series then they would have won the division outright.. There is no way both teams would have split the season series. So what the hell was this whole talk about a 1 game playoff! I'm not talking about you Smartblonde. Perhaps what happened with the Mariners/Angels 10 years ago was that the two teams split the season series. I'm talking about all those dumbass baseball commentators takling about all these scenarios. The truth is, none of those scenerios ever would have happened.

Not quite true, the first option could of happened...:

BOSTON -- One round down, two rounds to go. And the postseason carousel keeps spinning.
Losses Friday night by the Indians and the Yankees moved us closer to the end of the season, but not necessarily closer to a resolution.

Boston tied New York atop the American League East, each team with a record of 94-66 and one game ahead of Cleveland (93-67).

Here are the remaining possible scenarios.

The Yankees, Red Sox, Indians finish in a three-way tie if:

The Yankees and Red Sox split the remaining two games of their series, and the Indians take the next two games from the White Sox. All three would then end the regular season with 95-67 records.

• What happens then:

The first double tiebreaker in Major League history.

On Monday, the Red Sox and Yankees would play in Yankee Stadium to determine the AL East champion.

On Tuesday, the loser of that game would play the Indians to determine the AL Wild Card.


The Yankees and Red Sox finish in a two-way tie if:

They split their remaining two games.

• What happens then:

If the Indians win only one more game, they are history.

The Yankees would be awarded the AL East title, based on a 10-9 edge in regular-season play between the teams, and the Red Sox would enter the playoffs as the Wild Card.

The Red Sox or the Yankees tie the Indians for the Wild Card if:

Either Boston or New York loses twice, while the Indians split with the White Sox.

• What happens then:

The winner here is the outright AL East champion, and the loser plays Cleveland in the Wild Card tiebreaker.