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Scherzer is starting tonight.

Konerko has to get a hit in his first AB for .300, otherwise he has to go 2-4.

So are we supposed to care how these five AL teams are seeded? Does winning a division mean as much as it it did before this year? Pre- 1994? Just the way this all shaking out, I firmly believe baseball no longer needs divisions. Teams just want to get in the playoffs. I don't think there's any pride in saying you won a division anymore. I think the races would be better if they just played a balanced schedule, top 3 get in the playoffs, and the 4 and 5 teams play to get in. They could have a better race in the NL between the Braves and Giants for the 3-spot, with the loser having to play the Cardinals. And in the AL, there could have been a real scramble for at least 4 teams to get in the top 3, with the loser playing the Rays or Angels, who will both end up with more wins than the Tigers. I kinda hope the Tigers win it all just to make people mad the 7th best team in the AL won the World Series.

QUOTE (JoeCoolMan24 @ Oct 3, 2012 -> 12:27 AM) Sox lost, and Dodgers won, so we secure the 18th spot at the very least. Now the last thing is for Milwaukee to win tomorrow, and Chris Sale and the Sox to lose tomorrow. We'd lock in to 17th spot if that happens. Dodgers lost. Floyd starting. If the Brewers win and the Sox lose today, the Sox draft at 16. If not, 17 is locked in. Hey look, a middle of the pack team.

QUOTE (justBLAZE @ Oct 3, 2012 -> 12:03 AM) I want a Giants win/Dodgers eliminated tonight. I want the Dodgers out too, but I want the Braves to beat the Cardinals on Friday.

I deleted that last thing. I was looking at who holds tie-breakers. Orioles could have 94 wins.

If the A's win, it's Ryan Dempster vs AJ Griffin tomorrow at 2:35 for the division.

Gomes homer 3-1 A's

QUOTE (justBLAZE @ Oct 2, 2012 -> 10:48 PM) Cabrera wins, last time I checked Angels did not make the playoffs. Angels have more wins than the Tigers, and the Angels played meaningful games deep into the season. I wouldn't ding Trout for playing in the AL West over Cabrera playing in the s***ty Central.

2-1 A's

Yankees take a 1-game lead into the final day over the Orioles. A's down 1-0, 5th to Rangers. They have ducks on the pond, nobody out. An A's win means they play for the division tomorrow.

Padilla in for Red Sox. Sorry, Orioles.

QUOTE (fathom @ Oct 2, 2012 -> 09:21 PM) Can Thornton reach double digits? Yes

If the A's beat the Rangers tonight, they'll be playing for the AL West tomorrow at 2:30.

Yeah, it makes no difference if the Sox end up one game behind the Tigers. That won't make things worse. The Sox had a 3-game lead with 15 left and blew it. The End.

Bos-NY...to the 10th

Cano up, bases loaded, 2 outs, tie game.

Swisher might be a hero here...ugh. edit: Arod...same thing

I really wanted Yankees/Rangers on Friday too.

I'm not trying to be a bleeding heart, but why not just give the guy a couple games to get a hit? As soon as he gets a knock, he's out of there.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Oct 2, 2012 -> 08:56 PM) It was like that BS in 2005 when Shapiro won Executive of the Year over KW. How can you pick the 2nd place team there that didn't even make the playoffs and collapsed the final week? Yeah, that was bad. I'm sure by the time the World Series started, a lot of those votes would have changed to Kenny. But whatever. He's still rich for 2 playoff teams in 12 years.

They should just call off the vote, and let Showalter and Melvin split it. How can you pick one over the other?

3-1 Sawks. Could be tied going into tomorrow.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Oct 2, 2012 -> 08:36 PM) With anything somewhat resembling offensive support and Peavy would have 16+ wins this year. 3 runs in 8 innings is a QS last I checked. An ERA under 3.40 on the season is pretty damn good in the AL. The guy hasn't pitched a full season in who knows how many years and here he is in October throwing another QS. He had a good year. 23 quality starts out of 32. He made all of his starts, and that will get him a nice contract.

Orioles win