Playoff scenarios: What happens if...Losses by Yankees and Indians still make for crazy scenarios

Gemmy10

This is especially for those of you who think a tie=win, have never had your team to the big dance, or got on my case last night when i mentioned one of the scenarios. The 3 reasons are not mutually exclusive.

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Playoff scenarios: What happens if...Losses by Yankees and Indians still make for crazy scenarios

By Tom Singer / MLB.com

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.

Tom Singer is a reporter for MLB.com

denwd1

what a great way to end the season! it will be real hard to watch these games for any fans of the 3 AL teams still in the chase. the NL is down to philly and houston and this could end in a tie also? my guess is that the yanks and boston will get in and cleveland will be the odd man out. it will be hard for the indians to sweep the final 2 from the wsox as wsox have no pressure and the indians HAVE to win both games (at home).they missed their chance last night as the wsox rested their regulars after they clinched (and probably partied late into the night!).the indians losses have been heart breaking lately and this leads me to believe they are spent. the run cleveland put on (37-12 at one point )is the only reason there was talk of a wsox choke.the wsox have 1 less win than the cardinals (a choke is a total collaspe)and the real story was cleveland's spectacular run as the wsox still have played well.but you'd never know it if watching ESPN. very little credit is given the tribes run. if bosox or yanks put on a run like this the media coverage would be all over them. so as i see yanks ,bosox and houston in,philly cleveland out.

stown

And let's not forget if the Yanks get swept and the Indians win out, the Yanks go bye bye

edited to add:



<< <i>or got on my case last night when i mentioned one of the scenarios. >>



We got on your case when you said all the Yankees had to do was win ONE game of the remaining two to knock the Sox out.

Spin it any way you want, but we all know what you said.

Gemmy10

Go Yanks!!!!
Go 'Stros!!!!

Actually if the Yankees didn't get into the World Series I would have mixed feelings who to root for if the 'Stros were there. The White Sox and Cleveland are old line teams and they haven't won the WS in years. Like I once said I usually root for the AL team, but Pettitte is still one of my favorite players and I always pull for the Rocket.

Axtell

Spammy, what stown said was right on.

We got on your case because of your pompous ass saying 'the yankees only need to win ONE more game to win the east!' over and over, then you say that the person who says otherwise (me) would be eating crow, THEN you get mad because people call you out for being a no-knowledge having 'fan'?

Moron.

Gemmy10

Axtellian Logic: TIE=WIN

Axtell

Tie=Win? Huh? When did I ever say that?

I said that you can blow a tie, yes, and isn't that the case? If you give up the go ahead run, when it's tied, isn't that blowing a tie?

You sure are a spinmeister...are you sure your name isn't Mr. O'Reily? You are made out to be WRONG, after you call people out saying they are going to 'eat crow', when you take a snippet of something you hear on YES network (heh) to be fact.

Then you try to bring up something completely unreleated...how strong are your dosages now?

stown

<< <i>Go Yanks!!!!
Go 'Stros!!!!

Actually if the Yankees didn't get into the World Series I would have mixed feelings who to root for if the 'Stros were there. The White Sox and Cleveland are old line teams and they haven't won the WS in years. Like I once said I usually root for the AL team, but Pettitte is still one of my favorite players and I always pull for the Rocket. >>



I'm so glad that you are cheering players that left the Evil Empire. They didn't want to play with y'all any more; they even took LESS money than what Georigie Porgie was offering.

Yeah, you're a "true" Yankee fan