From
where I sit it looks like a photo finish in baseball...
| AMERICAN | W | L | PCT | GB | HOME | ROAD | RS | RA | DIFF | STRK | L10 |
| Cleveland | 91 | 70 | .565 | - | 51-30 | 40-40 | 740 | 661 | +79 | Won 9 | 9-1 |
| Texas | 90 | 71 | .559 | - | 45-35 | 45-36 | 722 | 629 | +93 | Won 6 | 8-2 |
| Tampa Bay | 90 | 71 | .559 | - | 51-30 | 39-41 | 688 | 638 | +50 | Lost 2 | 7-3 |
via espn.go.com
It's
a scene that's almost unique to baseball. A flock of teams battling
for postseason action on the final day of the season. Cleveland,
Texas and Tampa Bay are aiming for the two AL wild card births. All
three have a legitimate chance to make the post-season, or at least
make a tie-breaker game. It's a delightful way to end the season,
even if there isn't a tie-breaker...or two. Let's be honest here,
it's one of those deeply appealing facets of baseball. The
unscheduled, at times unlikely, game that lands mid-afternoon early
in October. The reason baseball fans suddenly have trouble focusing
on their work. There's never a guarantee of a tie-breaker. There
will always be playoff games, but the extra game (or games) at the
end of the regular season is a bonus. A free day of baseball.
Memorable to the victors...regretful for the losers. In fact the
delight and anguish of the MLB tie-breaker can best be summed up
through this video...and the words of Russ Hodges...
At
least that's how I see it...and I sit in the cheap seats.
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