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Old 10-02-2012, 02:13 AM   #35
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Kinda confused on how the MLB playoffs work.

It's an 8 team tournament (The three division winners and one wild card from the AL and the NL)... right?

http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/standings/ind..._mlb_standings

So why do the standings have 5 teams having already clinched a playoff berth in the AL? (Yankees, Orioles, Rangers and A's all have the "clinched playoff berth" x by them while Detroit has their division won, also giving them a playoff berth.)

I thought maybe two teams would have a one game playoff but that definitely isn't a clinch. Oakland could lose to Texas the next two games, leaving them with 92 wins and Baltimore could win just one which would give them 93 wins and that would mean Oakland didn't win their division and also doesn't have the best record of non-division winners to make the wild card.

So confused. TPWW explain.
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