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Baseball needs tiebreaker rules:

Dan Mullen
ESPN.com
Do Monday's tiebreakers have your head spinning? Here's a quick guide to what's at stake. NL West: Brewers-Cubs (1:05 ET, ESPN): IF Milwaukee wins: Brewers are NL Central champs, host NLDS vs. LAD/COL/CHC. Cubs host wild-card game vs. LAD/COL loser on Tuesday. IF Chicago wins. Cubs are NL Central champs, host NLDS vs. LAD/COL/MIL . Brewers host wild-card game vs. LAD/COL loser. NL West: Rockies-Dodgers (4:09 ET, ESPN): IF Colorado wins: Rockies are NL West champs, host NLDS vs. ATL starting Thursday. Dodgers visit CHC/MIL loser for NL wild-card game. IF Los Angeles wins: Dodgers are NL West champs, host NLDS vs. ATL. Rockies visit CHC/MIL loser for NL wild-card game.

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Baseball needs tiebreaker rules:

One would assume that tiebreakers would be based on:
Head to head;
Division record;
League record;
But not necessarily in that order. After that, things like run differentials would be the next step.

League record: Chi Cubs and Milwaukee both have 82 wins.
Division record: Chi Cubs 41 - 35, Milwaukee 39 - 37.
Head to head: :?:

http://scores.nbcsports.com/mlb/standings.asp

That said, no matter how rational it seems a tie breaker means forsaking the revenue from an extra playoff game. Might be a tough sell.

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Or, they could just have the tied teams play a best of 5 or best of 7 for all the marbles.

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Misery loves company:

Dodgers, Rockies both win, forcing NL West tiebreaker

Loser hits the road for the wild card game.

Go Cubs!

Eamus Catuli~AC 010101

Go As! (Wed., October 3 vs NY Yankees)

Go Rockies.

Ut-oh.

Would the Cubs or the Rockies be the 1st team to win a play-in game and the WS?

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Misery loves company:

Dodgers, Rockies both win, forcing NL West tiebreaker

Loser hits the road for the wild card game.

Go Cubs!

Eamus Catuli~AC 010101

Go As! (Wed., October 3 vs NY Yankees)

Go Rockies.

Ut-oh.

Would the Cubs or the Rockies be the 1st team to win a play-in game and the WS?

Technically not a play in game as playoff spots were clinched. The extra games were to decide the division champs vs the wild cards.

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Would the Cubs or the Rockies be the 1st team to win a play-in game and the WS?

Technically not a play in game as playoff spots were clinched. The extra games were to decide the division champs vs the wild cards.

I mean this next game, not the games they just lost. There's really only one wild card, and it will play a series vs. the Brewers. I could have looked myself, though. This says: St. Louis in 2011, Boston in 2004, Florida in 2003, Anaheim in 2002, Florida in 1997. That 2002-04 streak is impressive.

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Would the Cubs or the Rockies be the 1st team to win a play-in game and the WS?

Technically not a play in game as playoff spots were clinched. The extra games were to decide the division champs vs the wild cards.

I mean this next game, not the games they just lost. There's really only one wild card, and it will play a series vs. the Brewers. I could have looked myself, though. This says: St. Louis in 2011, Boston in 2004, Florida in 2003, Anaheim in 2002, Florida in 1997. That 2002-04 streak is impressive.

I remember the 2003 fish all too well.

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I remember the 2003 fish all too well.

I guess you would.

I partially flubbed . The Cubs and Rockies are both called wild cards, but they do have just one play-in game - tonight, 2005 ET in Chicago - to determine who is the wild card that goes to Milwaukee Thursday.

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I remember the 2003 fish all too well.

I guess you would.

I partially flubbed . The Cubs and Rockies are both called wild cards, but they do have just one play-in game - tonight, 2005 ET in Chicago - to determine who is the wild card that goes to Milwaukee Thursday.

Yeah, I think they changed the format from a single wild card team to a one game playoff between two wild card teams around 2010 or so....

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Next year. Eamus Catuli~AC 010202

Go As, go Rockies!

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Next year. Eamus Catuli~AC 010202

Go As, go Rockies!

That was excruciating.

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That was excruciating.

Not just because of the eventual winner. I can appreciate great pitching as much as anyone, but I'd rather see a 12-11 score after 5! hours of baseball. How many ways are there to say, "He caught the corner with that one," or "That was really just outside," anyhow?

The hug was funny.

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That was excruciating.

Not just because of the eventual winner. I can appreciate great pitching as much as anyone, but I'd rather see a 12-11 score after 5! hours of baseball. How many ways are there to say, "He caught the corner with that one," or "That was really just outside," anyhow?

The hug was funny.

The ump was pretty awful, his strike zone (though it was consistent for both teams) had to have been two inches off on the plate. So many swinging strike threes came from the hitters expanding their zone from called strike twos. Hitters didn't have a chance.

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The ump was pretty awful, his strike zone (though it was consistent for both teams) had to have been two inches off on the plate. So many swinging strike threes came from the hitters expanding their zone from called strike twos. Hitters didn't have a chance.

I can appreciate what looks like great pitching . . .

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Next year. Eamus Catuli~AC 010202

Go As, go Rockies!

Yanks 6 A's zip bottom 7.

GO BEARS!!!

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Yanks 6 A's zip bottom 7.

GO BEARS!!!

Oh well, next year. Go Rockies, all the way!

GO RAIDERS!!!

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Oh well, next year. Go Brewers, all the way!

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Those 8th innings suck. Go Brewers, get the home field advantage back.

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Those 8th innings suck. Go Brewers, get the home field advantage back.

Survived the 8th, let the 9th get scary. Anyhow, got the home field advantage back whatever happens in the next 2 games.

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Cool, just one more.