Last night results in the baseball pennant races:
The Yankees now have a 1 game lead in the AL East, while the Red Sox and Indians are tied for the AL Wild Card. The White Sox, in the meantime, have increased their lead in the AL Central to 3 games but, with 4 games remaining, the Indians still have a chance to win the division outright or force a tiebreaker.
And then there’s always this exciting possibility:
So here’s the scenario you want: If the Indians, Yankees and Red Sox all end up with the same record after 162 games Sunday night — and believe me, this is possible — baseball would be looking at a two-day playoff before even starting the first-round series. Monday, for instance, the Yankees and Red Sox could play for the AL East crown.
And on Tuesday the loser of that game would get another shot in the one-game playoff for the wild-card spot.
That would be very, very cool.
In other news, the San Diego Padres have clinched the AL West with a 79-79 record and could still finish the season with a losing record. Ho-hum.
