Who owns the tiebreak between tampa and boston

rockaflocka · 09-26-11, 09:37 PM

there are no tiebreakers in baseball, if teams are tied- they just played a elimination game

JT OZ · 09-26-11, 09:43 PM

Originally posted by rockaflocka

there are no tiebreakers in baseball, if teams are tied- they just played a elimination game

It's awesome, might as well have an extra team in the playoffs so we would see them every year.

beg154860 · 09-26-11, 09:48 PM

wow I feel retarded I've followed baseball all my life dont know how I didnt know that its always been like that? I must be confusing them using the tiebreak for something else like homefield or something where they use head to head as the determining factor

rockaflocka · 09-26-11, 10:35 PM

Tampa holds the home field of the elimination game because they won the season series

yisman · 09-26-11, 10:41 PM

3-way tie would be headache

http://www.sentinelandenterprise.com/sports/ci_18969065

By Brian MacPherson The Providence Journal Not too long ago, it appeared as though the Boston Red Sox would cruise into the postseason, whether as the American League East champion or as the Americ…

Yep, Rays would be home for a potential one game playoff.

I remember I used to see the results of the coin flips reported in the papers.