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Posts: 135 Playoff Seeding Question « Topic Start: August 09,
2012, 11:31:58 PM » I know I know we're a far ways off so I'm
not going to use the Nationals as an example for my question.
I'll use the AL and give the following standings for an example
of my question.  1. Texas Rangers 108-74 (West Winner) 2. New
York Yankees 104-78 (East Winner) 3. Detroit Tigers 98-84
(Central Winner)  4. Oakland Athletics 95-87 (West WC) 5/6.
Baltimore Orioles 93-89 (East WC) 5/6. Los Angeles Angels 93-89
(West WC)  First of all how would the 5/6 tie be decided? A
playoff game before the wild card playoff game?  But on to my
main question, lets suppose the Athletics got the wild card,
would they then be placed against the Yankees in round 1 of the
playoffs since they are in the same division as the Rangers? If
so, isn't that inherently unfair as the 1st place team should
get the benefit of playing the sl