BNLSox
10-03-2010, 01:13 AM
I just did a bit of internet research and couldn't find the answer to this question, so I thought I'd turn to my friends at WSI.
With a Twins win tomorrow and losses by the Rays and Yankees we would have three teams with identical records atop the AL. Now I already know that the Yankees lost the season series to the Rays so they would be the WC.
What I don't know is: if somehow the Twins actually won a playoff series and the Rays also advanced who would host ALCS game 1? I assume that it would be based on regular season head to head of the tied teams. So in this case scenario TB would be the #1 seed since they won the season series against the Twins. Is that the correct tie breaking procedure?
If so the Twins game becomes irrelevant since a WC with a better record still remains the #4 seed.
With a Twins win tomorrow and losses by the Rays and Yankees we would have three teams with identical records atop the AL. Now I already know that the Yankees lost the season series to the Rays so they would be the WC.
What I don't know is: if somehow the Twins actually won a playoff series and the Rays also advanced who would host ALCS game 1? I assume that it would be based on regular season head to head of the tied teams. So in this case scenario TB would be the #1 seed since they won the season series against the Twins. Is that the correct tie breaking procedure?
If so the Twins game becomes irrelevant since a WC with a better record still remains the #4 seed.