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Magic Number: 2 So today could be clinch day, but it may happen around midnight. Sox win, Tigers and Mariners lose.

I’d rather the Sox be in the final four of the AL because we won a division, but that’s just me.

Exactly. Expanded postseason is terrible for player salaries. Yeah, it feels good to make the playoffs, but it’s supposed to be hard to make the playoffs in baseball! It supposed to feel great when you make it, and it’s supposed to hurt when you come up just short after six months of almost daily games. That’s the fan experience. You don’t just let every .500 or possibly under .500 team in after 162. Ugghh!!

I’m over the expansion this year even though it’s proven to be a failure. If they don’t have enough smart people to realize that 5 of 15 currently, or 6 of 16 in the future (if they add two teams) is more than acceptable, then I’ll be rooting for attendance and regular season ratings to plummet, because I think that’s what will happen.

Cle at Sox; NY at Min Tor at TB; Hou at Oak

Probably getting everyone into the bubble, getting tested, etc.

All the Magic Numbers to stay ahead of... Det-2 Sea-2 Hou-5 Cle-7 NY- 8 Tor-8 Min-9 Oak-10 TB-12

2- Tigers and Mariners 1- Orioles

Interesting. Guess that makes sense. Win tonight and it really makes sense...and it would mean we’re closer to clinching the division. I seem to remember in 2005 because of all the tiebreaker scenarios at the time, the Sox didn’t know they could clinch in Detroit until that morning.

Mariners-Giants not playing tonight because of air quality in Seattle. Might move series to SF.

I don’t like the idea of teams picking their opponent, and I think a lot of teams wouldn’t even want to be in that position. The seeding this year should have been division winners, then the next five best records in order. I don’t know why 2nd place teams automatically earned 4 thru 6...they didn’t win anything. Anyway, when it’s down to four in each league, I hope it’s division winners including the Sox, the Padres and Twins. Get the best eight in and play ball for the championship.

It’s Abreu’s to lose at this point. I’m rooting for him to get an MVP. If he gets to the US at 27, plays 10-12 years, gets a ring hopefully, has an MVP and 350 homers, he’s a Hall of Famer.

That was 2000 in the dome. Sox clinched in Detroit in 2005.

Thursday afternoon would be good. Win it on the field rather than the Mariners losing at midnight Wednesday night.

Just for you....all of the magic numbers to stay ahead of... KC- 1 LAA- 1 Det- 3 Bal -3 Sea- 4 (goes down by two with next Sox win vs Twins) Hou- 6 NY- 9 Cle- 9 (8 if the Sox win 3 of 4 next week) Tor- 10 Min- 11 (10 if the Sox beat them 2 of next 3) Oak- 12 TB- 13

Magic numbers to stay ahead of: Sea- 4 (3 if the Sox beat the Twins one more time) Bal- 3 Det- 3 Possible Wednesday clinch. Hopefully Thursday at latest.

Magic Wand time.

A’s win game 2. Magic number is 5

Mariners won game 1 against the A’s. Pushes back clinch day, but good for the 1-seed chase.

It would be a little cringey if Cole or Bieber is their first opponent, but the next dozen games are good rehearsals. Try to win 2 of every 3, and maybe the last Saturday and Sunday vs the Cubs they can rest a guy or two that need it and protect the bullpen. They definitely won’t do anything stupid the last weekend just to win the division or get the 1-seed. That’s just icing on the cake if it happens.

Until they’re both in the LCSs, I won’t think about it after...now.

Mariners win, so the magic number is 6, but only 5 if 3 of the 5 are division games. If the A’s beat them twice tomorrow and the Sox split with the Twins, good chance clinch day is Wednesday or Thursday.

Current postseason matchups: Cle at Sox; Tor at Min NY at TB; Hou at Oak

I’m not sure why they went that way. It really makes no sense.

Sox magic number to stay ahead of the Indians is 10.