Friday, September 30, 2005

Cleveland close to a wildcard slot

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This page on the Cleveland Plain Dealer lays out the possibilities for the tribe catching a ride to the playoffs this year.  Here are the details:

  • If the Indians sweep the White Sox, they win the wild card

  • The earliest the Indians can clinch is on Saturday, provided they win Friday and Saturday and the Yankees take the first two from Boston

  • If the Indians drop the first two games of the series with Chicago and win on Sunday, the best they can hope for is a one-game playoff with the Yankees (at Jacobs Field) or Red Sox (at Fenway) on Monday

  • Also...

  • If Indians go 2-1 and Boston goes 2-1: Boston and New York play Monday in a playoff for the AL East with the loser playing the Indians for the wild card on Tuesday

  • If Indians go 2-1 and Boston goes 1-2: Then Indians win wild card

  • If Indians goes 2-1 and Boston goes 0-3: The Indians win wild card

  • If Indians go 1-2 and Boston goes 2-1: Then Red Sox win wild card

  • If Indians and Boston go 1-2: Then Indians, Red Sox play one-game playoff at Fenway

  • If Indians go 0-3 and Boston wins at least one: Then Red Sox win wild card

  • If both Indians and Red Sox go 0-3: Then Indians, Red Sox play one-game playoff at Fenway

Much as I like the Red Sox and hate the Yankees, I will have to be rooting for the team of evil to further my own team’s chances of getting that last playoff berth.


Posted by Buckethead on 09/30/05 at 04:55 PM
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