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The Final Day (Maybe)
2008-09-27 19:31
by Cliff Corcoran

The Phillies clinched the NL East by beating the Nationals yesterday, but there are still two unclaimed playoff spots heading into the final day of the season.

In the National League, the Mets tied the Brewers for the Wild Card lead yesterday when Johan Santana started on three-day's rest for the first time in his career and shutout the Marlins on three hits. Mets turn to Oliver Perez for today's finale, which could also prove to be Shea Stadium's final game, while the Brewers send ace CC Sabathia to the mound against the Cubs and Angel Guzman. If both teams win (or lose), they'll have a one-game playoff for the Wild Card at Shea on Monday.

The In the AL, the Twins hold a 1/2 game lead over the White Sox in the Central after both teams lost yesterday. If both team's win (or lose) the White Sox will have to make up a game against the Tigers at home on Monday. If they win that, they'll force a one-game playoff with the Twins in Minnesota on Tuesday. If they Sox to the Tigers, they'll hand the Twins the division. If the Chisox win and the Twins lose today, Chicago will still have to play the Tigers on Monday, but would win the division if they beat Detroit and would still have the Tuesday playoff against the Twins if they lost. If the Twins win today and the White Sox lose, the Twins will win the division in the traditional manner.

Here's the relevant for schedule today:

1:10 Fla @ NYM (Scott Olsen v Oliver Perez)
2:05 CHC @ Mil (Angel Guzman v CC Sabathia)
2:05 Cle @ CHW (Brian Bullington v Mark Buehrle)
2:05 KCR @ Min (Brandon Duckworth v Scott Baker)

Amazingly, none of these games is being televised nationally.

Comments
2008-09-27 21:50:00
1.   Amanda Cournoyer
Doesn't TBS have the Florida/New York game?
2008-09-28 04:06:06
2.   Cliff Corcoran
1 Seeing as I live in the NY Metro area, that's not terribly helpful. But yes.
2008-09-28 06:49:54
3.   Alex Belth
Dude, that's an outrage that none of these games is on ESPN today. At least two of them should be on. But they can't do that because of...FOOTBALL. Lord and Master in TV Land. What is it, the fourth week of the season? Ugh.
2008-09-28 06:59:45
4.   Raf
When you think about it, it isn't amazing that none of the games are being televised nationally. Especially in the context of MLB marketing.

Baseball lost that hold on the public a while ago.

2008-09-28 07:39:31
5.   Shaun P
If we are lucky, and the folks running the thing are smart, next year we'll see games like this on the MLB network.

It won't have quite the reach of ESPN, but its something.

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