Fenway
09-13-2005, 09:52 AM
Unlikely to happen but the White Sox lost the coin flip with the Indians yesterday to host the playoff game
Wonder why they didn't include Chicago in a wild card coin flip, if they went to the bother of one for the division.
http://mlb.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/news/article.jsp?ymd=20050912&content_id=1206791&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb
the Indians were the big winners Monday -- when MLB establishes scenarios for one-game playoffs in the event of ties at the end of the regular-season schedule.
Another significant decision went the way of the New York Yankees, who, in the event they tie Boston for the American League East title, would host the Red Sox in the one-game tiebreaker. The two teams will wrap up the schedule with a three-game series in Fenway Park and, if needed, commute to the Bronx for the next day's playoff.
The Yankees would also be the home team to the A's if the teams tie for the AL Wild Card.
MLB determines playoff sites through a series of coin flips. They must have been flipping an Indian-head nickel, because Jacobs Field would host any playoff game involving the Tribe. If the AL Central race ends in a tie, the Indians would host the White Sox. The same would go for a Wild Card tie between the Indians and either the Yankees or the Oakland A's.
With match races forming in each of the three AL divisions, MLB had to also account for possible tiebreakers to determine champions.
In addition to the Yankees hosting the Red Sox and the Indians hosting the White Sox, a tie atop the AL West between Los Angeles and Oakland would be resolved in Angel Stadium of Anaheim.
In the event three clubs finish the season with the same winning percentage in either league, with one of them a division winner and another the Wild Card, the two teams tied for the division lead would play the one-game tiebreaker. The winner would be declared the division champion, and the losing team would engage the club from the other division for the Wild Card.
Wonder why they didn't include Chicago in a wild card coin flip, if they went to the bother of one for the division.
http://mlb.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/news/article.jsp?ymd=20050912&content_id=1206791&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb
the Indians were the big winners Monday -- when MLB establishes scenarios for one-game playoffs in the event of ties at the end of the regular-season schedule.
Another significant decision went the way of the New York Yankees, who, in the event they tie Boston for the American League East title, would host the Red Sox in the one-game tiebreaker. The two teams will wrap up the schedule with a three-game series in Fenway Park and, if needed, commute to the Bronx for the next day's playoff.
The Yankees would also be the home team to the A's if the teams tie for the AL Wild Card.
MLB determines playoff sites through a series of coin flips. They must have been flipping an Indian-head nickel, because Jacobs Field would host any playoff game involving the Tribe. If the AL Central race ends in a tie, the Indians would host the White Sox. The same would go for a Wild Card tie between the Indians and either the Yankees or the Oakland A's.
With match races forming in each of the three AL divisions, MLB had to also account for possible tiebreakers to determine champions.
In addition to the Yankees hosting the Red Sox and the Indians hosting the White Sox, a tie atop the AL West between Los Angeles and Oakland would be resolved in Angel Stadium of Anaheim.
In the event three clubs finish the season with the same winning percentage in either league, with one of them a division winner and another the Wild Card, the two teams tied for the division lead would play the one-game tiebreaker. The winner would be declared the division champion, and the losing team would engage the club from the other division for the Wild Card.