AL tie-breaker sites determined

 

A series of coin-tosses was conducted today by Major League Baseball to determine the sites for potential two-team tie-breakers to clinch the American League East, the AL Central, the AL West and/or the AL Wild Card berth.

The site for a one-game tie-breaker to determine the AL East Division Champion is as follows:

 

Opponents Site

NYY-BOS Yankee Stadium, New York

 

The site for a one-game tie-breaker to determine the AL Central Division Champion is as follows:

Opponents Site

CLE-CWS Jacobs Field, Cleveland

 

The site for a one-game tie-breaker to determine the AL West Division Champion is as follows:

Opponents Site

OAK-LAA Angel Stadium of Anaheim

 

The sites for one-game tie-breakers to determine the AL Wild Card winner are as follows:

Opponents Site

NYY-CLE Jacobs Field, Cleveland

OAK-CLE Jacobs Field, Cleveland

OAK-NYY Yankee Stadium, New York

 

As a point of clarification, if three clubs finish the season with the same winning percentage and one team will be a division winner and another will be the Wild Card, the games will be played as follows:

 

• The two teams tied for the division lead will play the one-game tie-breaker, with the winner being declared the division champion.

 

• The losing team will then play the club from the other division for the Wild Card.

The Sox are better on the road anyways.

 

But here is an interesting question;

 

Lets say that the Indians and White Sox tie for the ALCS. Both of them are also tied for the WC with the Yankees.

 

Would the team that lost the playoff game, get a playoff game against the Yankees?

 

Or would by virtue of the extra game, one team be .5 behind the Yankees?

 

SB

Great idea using a coin flip. Forget how much we own them and would deserve homefield.

The Sox are better on the road anyways.

 

But here is an interesting question;

 

Lets say that the Indians and White Sox tie for the ALCS. Both of them are also tied for the WC with the Yankees.

 

Would the team that lost the playoff game, get a playoff game against the Yankees?

 

Or would by virtue of the extra game, one team be .5 behind the Yankees?

 

SB

 

As a point of clarification, if three clubs finish the season with the same winning percentage and one team will be a division winner and another will be the Wild Card, the games will be played as follows:

 

• The two teams tied for the division lead will play the one-game tie-breaker, with the winner being declared the division champion.

 

• The losing team will then play the club from the other division for the Wild Card.

 

It almost happened last year with Houston, SF, and the Cubs.