Well the fun starts tonight for the final slots.

Playing for the wild card in the American League:

Yankees vs Tampa Bay

Boston vs Baltimore

Playing for the wild card in the National League:

Philadelphia vs Atlanta

St. Louis vs Houston

A one game playoff looms if both WC teams finish with the same record in both leagues.

NY Yankees are my pick all the way. Too bad San Francisco choked and couldn't be in it. Enough of those hairy freaks anyways. It will be an interesting night.

I'm rooting for a Boston loss and total Atlanta meltdown.



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Go Cardinals!

WHOA!!! GRAND SLAM YANKEES!! WOW!! 5-0 Yanks lead

Rain delay in the 7th inning in Boston... are you kidding me?

as of right now..

Yankees 7 vs Tampa Bay 0.... 7th inning

Boston 3 vs Baltimore 2 rain delay... 7th inning

Playing for the wild card in the National League:

Philadelphia 2 vs Atlanta 3... 8th inning

St. Louis 7 vs Houston 0.... 6th inning



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Man it is tough that Atlanta had to play the best team in the league, while STL got Houston.... but that is the way the ball crumbles....

Atlanta had it.. had the lead... and anck!! they gave up the sac fly to allow Philly to tie...

games being shown on MLB TV

WHAO!!!!! RAYS HOME RUN!!! 7-6 Yanks lead

Braves V Phils tied 3-3 in the 10th inning

Still raining in Boston... Very bad news for Boston, really messes up scheduling... no matter what happens

Red birds defeat Houston... of course.


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UPDATE!!!!
WHOA(AGAIN) RAYS TIE GAME IN 9TH WITH A 2 OUT HOME RUN (off the foul pole)!!!
they were down 7-0 in the 7th inning... and now have tied it. WOW!!!



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unreal... 2 extra inning games.. and

The rain stopped in Boston... 3-2 Boston leads

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uh oh... Phils now lead Atlanta 4-3, bottom of the 13th inning 1 out... ATL MUST SCORE

still 3-2 Boston leads 8th inning

still 7-7 in Tampa bottom 11th


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Double play ends Atlanta's season... BOOM!!
Red birds go to the playoffs after being 10 games out of it in August

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2 games still going... Boston and Tampa still fighting for playoff spot.

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7-7 tied game in Tampa Vs NY 12th inning
3-2 Boston leads in the 9th inning

If Boston wins Tampa wins, 1 game playoff game tommorow
If both lose, 1 playoff game tommorrow....

One wins, other loses... winner to playoffs

I love de'beseball'

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Holy cow Pappelbon blows tha save and Baltimore scores
Boston tied 3-3 Baltimore...... ANOTHER TIE GAME
Balt with man on 2nd could win game if he scores, 2 outs tie game

AND THEY SCORE... BLOOP TO LEFT FILD AND BOSTON LOSES.... OUCH!!!!!


Boston now hopes NY can defeat Tampa...... a game tied 7-7 in the 12TH



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As Boston fans begin the unnatural act of rooting for the THE NEW YORK YANKEES

WHOA!!!(AGAIN)
TAMPA BAY'S EVAN LONGORIA WINS THE GAME WITH A HOME RUN IN THE 12th

Tampa wins 8-7 over New York and Tampa goes to the playoffs after being down 7-0 in the 7th inning and they come all the way back to defeat the Yanks. WOW!!!

No playoff game needed on Thursday....

A historic night...and a lot of fun to watch, I love de beseball!!!!




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A great day of baseball. Hopefully this will shut people like Bob Costas up who think the wild card shouldn't happen.

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A great day of baseball.....

For this one night to be able to happen makes the wild card more than worth it, for another 20 years, I have never seen anything like it... and I must say MLB network combined with ESPN actually did a great job of carrying all the action.



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A great day of baseball.....

For this one night to be able to happen makes the wild card more than worth it, for another 20 years, I have never seen anything like it... and I must say MLB network combined with ESPN actually did a great job of carrying all the action.

You never know what's gonna happen in baseball. After Baltimore won, I went to take a leak and came back to see all this madness in Tampa (not even 3 minutes). Plus Atlanta gagged.

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A great day of baseball.....

For this one night to be able to happen makes the wild card more than worth it, for another 20 years, I have never seen anything like it... and I must say MLB network combined with ESPN actually did a great job of carrying all the action.

You never know what's gonna happen in baseball. After Baltimore won, I went to take a leak and came back to see all this madness in Tampa (not even 3 minutes). Plus Atlanta gagged.

No kidding... that was fast. I had barely typed "Boston fans begin rooting for"... and BAM!! Longoria went long. I had a weird feeling this would be a special night for Baseball and that is why I kind of went haywire typing about it... It was fun to watch.

I got my wish. Boston and Atlanta out. The NY Yankees get the Detroit Tigers.

CARDINAL FAN HERE WOW WHAT A FINAL MONTH IT WAS, GONNA BE TOUGH TO BEAT THE PHILLIES THOUGH

you can say that again...
GONNA BE TOUGH TO BEAT THE PHILLIES


real estate- location, location, location
baseball- pitching, pitching, pitching

thats why they play the games

I am picking Tampa Bay Vs Philly in the Series....
with Philly buying it... errrr.... Philly winning it in 6 games.



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Im 58 years old, big baseball fan. THAT was the most phenominal night in baseball I've ever seen. I'm a Cincinnati fan, but always good to see Boston (or the Yankees) gag one up.

Long live the Big Red Machine!

"Take all the pain...It's yours anyway"

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Im 58 years old, big baseball fan. THAT was the most phenominal night in baseball I've ever seen....

The cream rose to the top and the winners won, when they had to win, it was awesome, lets hope the playoffs and Series are as entertaining.



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Amazing night in baseball...Red Sox go down to last strike and fail. Rays come back from 7-0.

Wednesday night was the best night of baseball viewing I have ever seen!
My son and I had a blast watching all of those wild games finish up the season.

Now, on to the playoffs...

Go Tigers! Verlander vs. C.C. tonight at Yankee Stadium. It just doesn't get any better, folks.

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CARDINAL FAN HERE WOW WHAT A FINAL MONTH IT WAS, GONNA BE TOUGH TO BEAT THE PHILLIES THOUGH

I share you're excitement, but there is no need to screem

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you can say that again...
GONNA BE TOUGH TO BEAT THE PHILLIES

That's what they said last year.

"It's just some friends of mine and they're busting down the door"

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I am picking Tampa Bay Vs Philly in the Series....
with Philly buying it... errrr.... Philly winning it in 6 games.

Philly didn't buy anything.......Howard=homegrown, Utley=homegrown, Rolling=homegrown, Polanco orinally traded for Scott Rolen, reacquired via free agency, Ibanez=via free agency, Victorino=rule 5, Hunter Pence=trade, Ruiz=homegrown

Cliff Lee=trade then returned via free agency, Roy Halladay=trade, Roy Oswalt=trade, Cole Hamels=homegrown, Ryan Madson=homegrown, Bastardo=homegrown, Stutes=homegrown, Worley=homegrown

Everyone either homegrown or acquired via trade for homegrown prospects except Ibanez, and victorino

Give me a break with the buying crap. You want to see buying take a look at the yankees roster sometime over the years.......now that's buying.



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As long as the Yankees go down to Detroit in the first round, I will be in HEAVEN!! If they go down in the second round, I'm still fine! Any team who beats the YANKEES I WILL LOVE!

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I am picking Tampa Bay Vs Philly in the Series....
with Philly buying it... errrr.... Philly winning it in 6 games.

Philly didn't buy anything.......Howard=homegrown, Utley=homegrown, Rolling=homegrown, Polanco orinally traded for Scott Rolen, reacquired via free agency, Ibanez=via free agency, Victorino=rule 5, Hunter Pence=trade, Ruiz=homegrown

Cliff Lee=trade then returned via free agency, Roy Halladay=trade, Roy Oswalt=trade, Cole Hamels=homegrown, Ryan Madson=homegrown, Bastardo=homegrown, Stutes=homegrown, Worley=homegrown

Everyone either homegrown or acquired via trade for homegrown prospects except Ibanez, and victorino

Give me a break with the buying crap. You want to see buying take a look at the yankees roster sometime over the years.......now that's buying.

$175 million dollar payroll is a whole other version of moneyball.

we put butts in the seats sold out 3 straight years, they spend what they make, but they only bought 2 marginal pieces (polanco, and ibanez) Imagine how good tampa would be; if anybody in tampa gave a crap. That place is usually only 1/3 full. I was just stating they are mostly homegrown, or acquired via homegrown prospects. I agree the payroll is insane, but we the fans go and therefore they spend what we give them. If we stop going they stop spending. If people actually cared in tampa, or atlanta, maybe they would spend more.

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As long as the Yankees go down to Detroit in the first round, I will be in HEAVEN!! If they go down in the second round, I'm still fine! Any team who beats the YANKEES I WILL LOVE!

Not sure why you want to see the Yankees go down mickschix, but I do too.
I was a fan growing up in NYC, but through the years the players became prima donnas, the payroll thing was over the top....just buy yourself the championship mentality,
the costs, and the players loyalty is not to NY and the fans, but to their paychecks.

Man, how cool, but heart breaking... in Texas, Cooper Stone, the boy who's fire fighter Dad died falling out of the stands at Texas stadium on July 7th this year, was with Nolan Ryan, and the boy Cooper threw out the first pitch. Nothing can make up for a boy losing his father, but that is a very very nice gesture from the Rangers.