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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: Not A Snowbird

Need pitching. Baseball is about pitching.


81 posted on 10/03/2021 12:28:03 PM PDT by 38special (I should've said something earlier)
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To: Jolla
If the Giants lose today and the Dodgers win, they will be tied and have to play a game to decide who is the division champion and who has the wild card.

Today is the 70th anniversary of Bobby Thompson's "shot heard 'round the world"--a three-run home run in the bottom of the 9th inning that sent the New York Giants to the 1951 World Series. They were playing the Brooklyn Dodgers. If the Dodgers had intentionally walked Thompson, the next batter would have been Willie Mays, so he could have been the hero of the game instead of Bobby Thompson.

The Giants went on to lose the Series in 6 games to the Yankees.

82 posted on 10/03/2021 1:04:11 PM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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To: cgbg

None so blind....


83 posted on 10/03/2021 1:18:07 PM PDT by traderrob6
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To: be-baw

Toronto isn’t messing around, aren’t they?


84 posted on 10/03/2021 1:53:51 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: dfwgator

Go, George, go!


85 posted on 10/03/2021 1:54:34 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: be-baw

Looks like it will be Dodgers vs Cardinals, SF winning 9-1.


86 posted on 10/03/2021 1:58:24 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: be-baw

Yesss! Washington 5 Boston 1 - Bottom of the 5th.


87 posted on 10/03/2021 2:04:54 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: be-baw

Tampa - New York 0-0 Bottom of the 7th, Yankees have been 1-hit, so far.


88 posted on 10/03/2021 2:18:36 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: be-baw

Not looking good for the Mariners, down 7-2 in the 6th.


89 posted on 10/03/2021 2:35:42 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: dfwgator

Dammit, Boston ties it up 5-5.


90 posted on 10/03/2021 2:53:33 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: be-baw

Yankees Win, Nuts!


91 posted on 10/03/2021 3:12:08 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: be-baw

Looks like Boston is going to win too, up 7-5 in the Ninth, sorry Toronto.


92 posted on 10/03/2021 3:40:58 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Newtoidaho

1978 AL East Division had 4 teams with 90+ wins.


93 posted on 10/03/2021 5:36:58 PM PDT by be-baw
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To: be-baw; Dilbert San Diego; Jim W N; bigdaddy45; Jolla; dfwgator; Not A Snowbird; frogjerk; ...

And at the end of the regular season we have:

Division Winners:

AL East: Tampa Bay 100-62
AL Central: Chicago White Sox 93-68 (note: they only played 161 games)
AL West: Houston 95-67

NL East: Atlanta: 88-73 (note: they only played 161 games)
NL Central: Milwaukee 95-67
NL West: San Francisco 107-65

Wild Cards:
AL: New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox
NL: St Louis Cardinals and the Los Angeles Dodgers (the Dodgers won 106 games, and they get stuck with a Wild Card...unbelievable)


94 posted on 10/03/2021 6:50:29 PM PDT by be-baw
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To: be-baw

yep, it’s crazy that a team can win 106 games and be stuck in a wild card, one game playoff.

I wish baseball would have the wild cards play a series rather than a 1 game playoff.

Then again, it’s also frustrating to me that the playoffs already go for an entire month, and game 7 of the World Series will be November 3rd. Depending on the teams involved, we could see some bad baseball weather.

A World Series of White Sox vs. Brewers, Red Sox vs. Brewers, Yankees vs. Brewers, Yanks vs. Cards etc. could feature some cold games. You hate to see the most important games of the season played in bad baseball weather.


95 posted on 10/03/2021 8:01:52 PM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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To: Dilbert San Diego

I stand corrected, as Milwaukee has a retractable roof. So games there will not be affected by bad baseball weather.


96 posted on 10/03/2021 8:03:47 PM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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To: Dilbert San Diego

Bobby Thompson’s “shot heard ‘round the world” three-run homer 70 years ago today (walk-off homer ending the game) was in game 3 of a three-game playoff between the New York Giants and the Brooklyn Dodgers to determine the NL pennant race. At least the two teams did not have to travel very far to get to their opponent’s ballpark. The Giants went on to lose to the Yankees in the World Series.


97 posted on 10/03/2021 8:15:33 PM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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To: Jim W N

Keep us pinged!


98 posted on 10/03/2021 8:17:26 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: be-baw

Go, Stros!


99 posted on 10/03/2021 8:18:45 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: be-baw

Rooting for the Cardinals all the way.


100 posted on 10/04/2021 5:54:02 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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