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AL wild card: Red Sox move into tie with Yankees for top spot; Mariners win thriller to stay alive
CBSSports.com ^ | Mike Axisa, Matt Snyder & Dayn Perry

Posted on 10/03/2021 8:03:00 AM PDT by be-baw

The AL East rivals will enter the final day of the season with identical 91-70 records

Thanks to Saturday's results, we'll go into Sunday with the possibility of a four-way tie for two wild-card spots still intact

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Now, here are the current wild-card standings after the Red Sox, Blue Jays, and Mariners all won on Saturday and the Yankees lost:

AL wild-card standings 1. Red Sox: 91-70 2. Yankees: 91-70 --------------------------- 3. Blue Jays: 90-71 (1.0 GB) 4. Mariners: 90-71 (1.0 GB)

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The Yankees and Red Sox have already guaranteed themselves an extra game, either a Game 163 tiebreaker Monday or the AL Wild Card Game on Tuesday. Both the Yankees and Red Sox control their own destinies. The Blue Jays and Mariners need help to reach the postseason at this point.

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To: be-baw

If Tampa wins the World Series, Tampa would be the current champs of 3 of the 4 major sports leagues.


101 posted on 10/04/2021 5:56:33 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: be-baw; Dilbert San Diego; Jim W N; bigdaddy45; Jolla; dfwgator; Not A Snowbird; frogjerk; Impy

(Preview) My Annual Postseason Stats & Predictions (averaging around 60% right over more than 30 years)

Overall Rankings
Rank DIFF (PS minus PA)
1 NL LA Dodgers 269
2 NL San Francisco 210
3 AL Tampa Bay 206
4 AL Houston 205
5 AL Toronto 183
6 AL Chi White Sox 160
7 NL Atlanta 134
8 NL Milwaukee 115
9 AL Boston 80
10 AL Oakland 56
11 AL NY Yankees 42
12 NL St. Louis 34
13 NL Cincinnati 26
14 NL San Diego 21
15 AL Cleveland -10
16 NL Philadelphia -11
17 NL NY Mets -32
18 AL Seattle -47
19 NL Colorado -57
20 AL Detroit -59
21 NL Miami -78
22 AL LA Angels -85
23 NL Washington -96
24 AL Kansas City -102
25 AL Minnesota -105
26 NL Chi Cubs -134
27 AL Texas -190
28 NL Arizona -214
29 NL Pittsburgh -224
30 AL Baltimore -297

Predicted Winners
Wild Card
AL: Boston Red Sox
NL: Los Angeles Dodgers
ALDS
East: Tampa Bay
West: Houston
NLDS
East: Atlanta
West: Los Angeles Dodgers
ALCS
Tampa Bay
NLCS
Los Angeles Dodgers
WORLD SERIES
Los Angeles Dodgers

Will put on separate post later. If a favored team loses, just replace with the next highest ranked team to figure out the next predicted winner(s). Remember my average is really good, but just like the stock market, you don’t bet on one stock or one year. It’s an overall average over many years.


102 posted on 10/04/2021 8:07:05 AM PDT by Jim W N (MAGA by restoring the Gospel of the Grace of Christ (Jude 3) and our Free Constitutional Republic!)
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To: be-baw; Dilbert San Diego; Jim W N; bigdaddy45; Jolla; dfwgator; Not A Snowbird; frogjerk; Impy

According to the stats I use, the “World Series” (best two teams in baseball) would be the NLDS between the Dodgers vs. the Giants.


103 posted on 10/04/2021 8:10:24 AM PDT by Jim W N (MAGA by restoring the Gospel of the Grace of Christ (Jude 3) and our Free Constitutional Republic!)
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To: Jane Long

(Preview) My Annual Postseason Stats & Predictions (averaging around 60% right over more than 30 years)

Overall Rankings
Rank DIFF (PS minus PA)
1 NL LA Dodgers 269
2 NL San Francisco 210
3 AL Tampa Bay 206
4 AL Houston 205
5 AL Toronto 183
6 AL Chi White Sox 160
7 NL Atlanta 134
8 NL Milwaukee 115
9 AL Boston 80
10 AL Oakland 56
11 AL NY Yankees 42
12 NL St. Louis 34
13 NL Cincinnati 26
14 NL San Diego 21
15 AL Cleveland -10
16 NL Philadelphia -11
17 NL NY Mets -32
18 AL Seattle -47
19 NL Colorado -57
20 AL Detroit -59
21 NL Miami -78
22 AL LA Angels -85
23 NL Washington -96
24 AL Kansas City -102
25 AL Minnesota -105
26 NL Chi Cubs -134
27 AL Texas -190
28 NL Arizona -214
29 NL Pittsburgh -224
30 AL Baltimore -297

Predicted Winners
Wild Card
AL: Boston Red Sox
NL: Los Angeles Dodgers
ALDS
East: Tampa Bay
West: Houston
NLDS
East: Atlanta
West: Los Angeles Dodgers
ALCS
Tampa Bay
NLCS
Los Angeles Dodgers
WORLD SERIES
Los Angeles Dodgers

Will put on separate post later. If a favored team loses, just replace with the next highest ranked team to figure out the next predicted winner(s). Remember my average is really good, but just like the stock market, you don’t bet on one stock or one year. It’s an overall average over many years.

According to the stats I use, the “World Series” (best two teams in baseball) would be the NLDS between the Dodgers vs. the Giants.


104 posted on 10/04/2021 8:12:31 AM PDT by Jim W N (MAGA by restoring the Gospel of the Grace of Christ (Jude 3) and our Free Constitutional Republic!)
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To: dfwgator

The joy of seeing Tampa win is their payroll is less than half of most of the other teams in the playoffs. Less than a third of the Dodgers.


105 posted on 10/04/2021 8:27:08 AM PDT by woodbutcher1963
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To: Jim W N

The Cardinals will take care of the Dodgers.


106 posted on 10/04/2021 11:02:08 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: dfwgator
The Cardinals will take care of the Dodgers.

OK. Any idea how?

107 posted on 10/04/2021 3:43:12 PM PDT by Jim W N (MAGA by restoring the Gospel of the Grace of Christ (Jude 3) and our Free Constitutional Republic!)
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To: dfwgator; Jim W N

The Cardinals will take care of the Dodgers.


LOL!! I was just about to post that my $$ is on the Astros.....but, I’d throw some change, on the Cards...for that potential BIG payoff. 😂


108 posted on 10/04/2021 3:47:06 PM PDT by Jane Long (What we were told was a “conspiracy theory” in 2020 is now fact. 🙏🏻 Ps 33:12 )
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To: Jane Long; dfwgator

Details, details...

How exactly do the Cards have the upper hand on LA?

Serious question because I have no idea.

I mean I know “on any given day”, but what do you see in the Cards that can beat LA?


109 posted on 10/04/2021 3:53:44 PM PDT by Jim W N (MAGA by restoring the Gospel of the Grace of Christ (Jude 3) and our Free Constitutional Republic!)
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To: Jim W N

https://www.latimes.com/sports/dodgers/story/2021-10-04/the-head-to-head-playof-history-of-the-los-angeles-dodgers-and-st-louis-cardinals


110 posted on 10/04/2021 4:00:49 PM PDT by TankerKC (Be first with the truth. )
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To: Jim W N

If you’ll re-read my post, you’ll get that I DON’T see the Cards beating LA....only in a *long shot*.

;-)


111 posted on 10/04/2021 4:13:35 PM PDT by Jane Long (What we were told was a “conspiracy theory” in 2020 is now fact. 🙏🏻 Ps 33:12 )
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To: Jane Long
Oh, OK.

To tell you the truth, I usually know little about these teams at the start of the playoffs, only that the stats I use average about 60% right oever the years. But as the playoffs progress, I get to know the teams pretty well.

The Dodgers are the best pitching/defense team in baseball. That combined with a strong offense gives them the edge over the Giants.

But anything can happen, especially in a short series because my stats are over the whole season.


112 posted on 10/04/2021 6:40:33 PM PDT by Jim W N (MAGA by restoring the Gospel of the Grace of Christ (Jude 3) and our Free Constitutional Republic!)
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To: JennysCool

Did you enjoy the All Star game in Atlanta? Oh. I forgot, It wasn’t in Atlanta because MLB deciding stealing elections was a good thing and moved it to Colorado.

Don’t be a sheep.


113 posted on 10/05/2021 9:53:41 AM PDT by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you. )
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To: Vaquero

Don’t be a jerk.


114 posted on 10/05/2021 10:32:53 AM PDT by JennysCool
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To: JennysCool

Explain Jerk. I speak with veracity. MLB has has become ‘Woke’. I refuse to be woke by the Marxists stealing elections and rioting in our cities.


115 posted on 10/05/2021 12:08:58 PM PDT by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you. )
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