Underachiever

Back in the days when I would pore over the sports page, I’d look at the daily standings. The day after the season ended, it would say “End of regular season” and it always made me sad.

Cubs beat Reds 1-0 in 1:48. Wind blowing in, two teams going nowhere, fast game.

It appears that KC has the tiebreaker over Detroit. I hope that KC can keep pace and get the five seed. Detroit is red-hot, and would LOVE to see them take Houston out.

End of this A’s game is nuts. Fans throwing smoke bombs and trash on the field

My apologies to this entire website.

Pitch number 2 called a ball. LOL.

Oh boy, O'Neil Cruz has had a bad day. He looks so disinterested.

Not if the players wanted to forfeit. I mean, teams not infrequently play 161 games due to rainouts not being made up at the end of the year.

Forfeits are allowed, I guess.

Errors aside, this has been an enjoyable game. A number of gappers that found the grass. Civale with a good five innings. See if he comes out for the sixth. Negative: "Hook and ladder, hook and ladder..." that FIrehouse Subs earworm is killing me.

Your "math" is a conspiracy I choose not to believe.

Dodgers go 0-5, Padres go 2-3, Brewers win out. Brewers 94-68 LA 93-69 SD 93-69 Not mathematically.

Hader with the 4-out save for the Astros last night.

Padres sweep Dodgers. Own the tiebreaker already over LA, 7-3 so far. They sneak into division title. Phillies go 1-3 the last four games. Brewers go 5-0 to finish the season. Padres, Brewers get the 1 and 2. Philly plays the Mets in WC round. LA gets the Dbacks. Make it happen.

Throw strikes, Joe Ross. come on.

Yikes, Sanchez has been poor tonight.

I don't understand your comment, either. Maybe it's me. eta: Never mind. I got it.

I truly believe that the Brewer defenders would have caught both of the RBI hits that the Pirate defenders couldn't get to.

Sal with some exit velocity! 1-0

Dillard: "The comeback win lit a fire under their bellies." What?

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Pirates (Falter) Let's hope so.

I think Seattle, who went 6-1 against the white sox, would have loved another six games against them. Especially if they miss the playoffs by a game. And I don’t care about Seattle. I just think when the margins are this small, an extra 6 games against an historically bad team are nice.

Mets-Braves season series is 5-5 heading into their series tomorrow. -Mets win two out of three, they will be three games up with the tiebreaker, which is the same as a clinch. -Braves win 2 of 3, they host KC in the final series, one game behind NY with the tiebreaker. -Braves sweep, they are one game up with the tiebreaker. Mets would probably need to sweep the Brewers. Pretty compelling stuff in the last week of the season. The #1 seed is still in play in the NL, the DBacks are the third team in the NL WC race for the last two spots, and there are four teams fighting for two WC spots in the AL, it's going to be exciting! And yes, I know that, mathematically, the Padres and Orioles haven't clinched their WC yet, the Padres can catch LAD by sweeping them, among other things. I just don't expect it to happen. Detroit gets the CWS in the final three games. They can match Minnesota and KC's 12-1 record against the Sox, and go a long way toward assuring they make the playoffs.

What a difference a year makes. Last year, the NL had two playoff teams with an 84-78 record and a negative run differential. This year it is likely all NL playoff teams will have 90 wins and positive run differential.