Originally Posted by
Reilly
Just to clarify my thinking on the moot point ...
Entering Wednesday's games, the Yanks had 94 wins, the O's 93 wins, Oakland 93 wins, Texas 93 wins.
You posited the following scenario: Yanks lose and O's win, leaving both with 94 wins, and a Thursday playoff @ Baltimore. You knew Tex had already lost on Wed and was stuck in the wild card game, and stuck on 93 wins.
You then said the loser of the Thursday Yanks/O's game (a 94-win team) would be traveling to Texas (a 93-win team) on Friday.
[Would MLB count the extra 1-game playoff as part of the regular season, and would 93 win Tex (out of 162 games) get the home field nod over the 94 win Balt/NY loser (out of 163 games)? I'm assuming that the 94 win out of 162/163 Balt/NY loser would have gotten home field over 93 win out of 162 Tex.]