<h1><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>HOW TO MAKE BUD'S HEAD EXPLODE</h1> On Thursday morning, the National League standings looked like this:</p> <pre>Diamondbacks 88 70 Mets 87 71 Padres 87 71 Phillies 86 72 Rockies 86 72</pre> It's possible that after games are completed Sunday, the standings could look like this:</p> <pre>Diamondbacks 89 73 Mets 89 73 Padres 89 73 Phillies 89 73 Rockies 89 73</pre> I admit, the thought of a five-way tie has me geeked up. You'd have to hold an NL East tiebreaker and a three-way NL West tiebreaker. Then you'd have to take the three losers and have a three-way wild-card tiebreaker. (Jayson Stark outlines the scenario here.) That would be four games of intense everything-on-the-line baseball. Meanwhile, we could maybe have a Cubs-Brewers NL Central tiebreaker going on as well. Now, since Arizona already beat Pittsburgh today, we need the Rockies to lose tonight as they need to enter their weekend series with the D-backs an odd number of games behind. But if that happens, and the Rockies sweep and the other teams go the necessary 2-2 or 3-1, we have our five-way tie. I think I may have to call in sick for work. Oh, and if a five-way tie doesn't get you pumped up, maybe this will: According to Nate Silver's article at Baseball Prospectus, if the Mets, who had a 99.8 percent chance of making the playoffs on Sept. 12, miss the playoffs, it would be the second greatest playoff chase collapse of all time. --David Schoenfield</div></p> http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/index</p> </p>
Yes it is possible. I'm just hoping the Mets fall our completely.</p> If this were to happen, imagine how at least 1 of the teams would have to fly from city to city to another city within 3/4 days? What a taxing way to get into the post season.</p> -Petey</p> </p>
That would be pretty crazy if it actually happened.</p> ButsinceitinvolvestheMetsneedingtowinanothergame,itprobablywon'thappen. </p>
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Petey)</div><div class='quotemain'></p> Yes it is possible. I'm just hoping the Mets fall our completely.</p> If this were to happen, imagine how at least 1 of the teams would have to fly from city to city to another city within 3/4 days? What a taxing way to get into the post season.</p> -Petey</p> </p> </div></p> </p> yeah, this would be awesome.</p> and i also wish that the Mets would lose out on the postseason, too.</p>
