Tiebreakers: A's Lose Again

by vertig0 on Sep 12, 2005 1:33 PM PDT

I can't even remember the last time the A's actually won one of the these tiebreaker coin flips.

If game is needed to break a tie between Cleveland and the Chicago White Sox in the AL Central, the Indians would host, and if the Los Angeles Angels and Oakland need a tiebreaker in the AL West, the game would be at Anaheim.
In the event a tiebreaker is needed for the wild card, New York and Oakland would play at Cleveland, and Oakland would play at New York.

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That's Fine

A's play better on the road.

by arch on Sep 12, 2005 2:19 PM PDT reply actions

Totally

Sniff, Sniff. "Who Fongpay?"

by Fongpay on Sep 12, 2005 2:48 PM PDT up reply actions

who flips the coins?

by oak1 on Sep 12, 2005 2:44 PM PDT reply actions

Where does the season series come into play. The media talks about it a lot like it was important.
I thought perhaps that coin toss result would be used if the season series was tied. If that were tue then this result wouldn't mean anything since the A's and Angels play 19 times.

by Larry E on Sep 12, 2005 3:21 PM PDT reply actions

Season series tie break only comes into play

when 2 teams tie for both the division title AND the wildcard. Since both teams are already in the playoffs, it makes no sense to play a game just for seeding. So they just use season series to determine who gets which "slot".

This happened in the 2001 NL Central (Astros/Cardinals).

by calgbear on Sep 12, 2005 3:57 PM PDT up reply actions