Originally Posted by
nobs
All sports do this and its just stupid.
A division winner automatically gets home field advantage over a wild card team.
Yankees had the 2nd best record in baseball. How many more games did they win than Texas ? 10 ? 15 ?
Yankees played a far superior schedule, played in the division that had the 2 best records in baseball and 4 very good teams ( Red Sox and Jays )
Rangers played in a high school division with a bunch of joke teams.
Yankees should not be punished for playing in a far better division.