Cleveland close to a wildcard slot
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.
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Auggh.
Auggh.
On the other hand, oh well. Having three guys like Boone, Blake, and Broussard playing every day is at least two too many. I think Ryan Garko will get a long look at first in spring training, and they might go after a right fielder if they can afford one. It says here they're going to regret trading Jody Gerut for that half can of Desenex they got for him.
Next year is the year for
Next year is the year for them. And if the Indians make it to the Series win on the strength of their pitching, I think the world might implode.
What a disappointing weekend.
What a disappointing weekend. The Indians choke after coming so close, and the one time I need the Yankees to sweep the Red Sox, they choke. I hat the Yankees so, so much.
Of course the Indians made it to the playoffs on the strength of their pitching back in '54, with a record win percentage, and got swept by the Giants.
Anytime you hear on a highlight real, and in the background there's an announcer shouting, "The Giants win the series! The Giants win the series!" - that's the Indians losing game four.
Dammit.