The Mets...

wright shouldn't win MVP... Rollins, Holliday have both been more important to their teams.
btw, don't tell ESPN that the mets suck. then they will only cover the 2 teams left in baseball... yankees/red sox. ESPN doesnt know there are many teams in baseball. oh yeah, i'm tired of hearing the mets have the best NL lineup. they have the third best lineup in their own division.

 

Speaking of the Mets, who is the 'tard that made up the tiebreaker rules in baseball?

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3038686

NL could be in playoff tiebreakers until Thursday
By Jayson Stark
ESPN.com
(Archive)
Updated: September 27, 2007, 4:42 PM ET

If you think the National League standings are making you blind, it could easily get worse.

Try looking at the tie-breaker scenarios.

If five teams in the East and West finish the season with the same record, we predict business will be booming at all kinds of ophthalmologists' offices near you.

Among the fun possibilities if that happens: The Padres theoretically could play in Milwaukee on Sunday, in Arizona on Monday, in San Diego on Tuesday, in Philadelphia on Wednesday, back in San Diego on Thursday and then in New York on Friday.

But don't write any of that in ink. This is such a mess, MLB has declared Thursday "Emergency Coin Flip Day," because let's just say some of these matchups didn't look quite this likely a couple of weeks ago.

Ready for the most crazed scenarios? All right, here goes:

Five-way tie (Mets, Phillies, Diamondbacks, Padres, Rockies):
• The Mets and Phillies play a one-game playoff Monday in Philadelphia to decide the NL East.

• The Rockies, Diamondbacks and Padres would have a three-team playoff Monday and Tuesday to decide the NL West champ. (The Rockies, the team with the best three-way head-to-head record, would have the option of playing two games at home or one game on the road.)

• That would still leave three teams tied for the wild card. So those three then would kick off another three-team playoff for that spot Wednesday and Thursday. (If Colorado is involved, it's just about guaranteed to have the best head-to-head record and, again, the option to choose two home games or one road game. But if the Rockies win the West and three other teams are involved in the wild-card playoff, don't even ask. Too many different scenarios.)

• The survivor of those four days of madness would be the wild-card team and, if it's an NL West club, would start the playoffs in either New York or Philadelphia. If it's an NL East team, it would start the playoffs in the park of the NL West winner.)

Got all that? Great. Then let's go on.

Four-team craziness: If the two NL East teams and the top two NL West teams all tie:
Just for the sake of discussion, let's say the Mets, Phillies, Padres and Diamondbacks finish with the same record. Here's how that would work:

• The Mets and Phillies play a one-game playoff Monday in Philadelphia to decide the NL East.

• The Padres and Diamondbacks play a one-game playoff Monday in Arizona to decide the NL West.

• The losers then play Tuesday to decide the wild card. A Diamondbacks-Phillies game would be played in Philadelphia. A Padres-Phillies game would be in San Diego. If the Mets are involved, they would play either the Diamondbacks or Padres at Shea Stadium, or the Rockies in Denver.

More four-team craziness: If the three NL West teams and the Phillies all have the same record:
• First, the Padres, Rockies and Diamondbacks would have to settle the NL West on Monday and Tuesday. Again, the Rockies have the best head-to-head record, so they would have the option of playing two home games or one road game.

• Then BOTH NL West runners-up would get thrown into another three-team wild-card playoff with the Phillies on Wednesday and Thursday. Here is the team that would get the option of one road game or two home games:

• In an Arizona-Colorado-Philadelphia three-way: Diamondbacks.

• In an Arizona-San Diego-Philadelphia three-way: Diamondbacks.

• In a Colorado-San Diego-Philadelphia three-way: Rockies.

• If an NL West team survives all that, it would then play at the Mets on Friday to kick off the NLDS. If it's the Phillies, it would start the NLDS on Friday in the home of the NL West champ.

So that's the lay of this goofy land. Everybody have it all straight now? You'd better. There will be a quiz in the morning.

 

...since the Cardinals last year.
I actually think that was worse than this, but it shows anything can still happen.

 

I don't really like the Mets (mainly from the '86 World Series and the fact that they are a New York team), but what is going on with them right now is unbelievable. I will be shocked if they don't get in but it is now a very good possibility that could happen.

 

I can hear the song "Beltran Idiot" playing in my head.

 

At least they play the games rather than relying on division records, or conference records or record vs. common opponents. This year could be an extreme situation. In the NFL an extreme situation could be decided by net points, strength of schedule or in the most extreme case, a coin flip.

 

BWAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

I'm laughing and pointing at Carlos Beltran right now. I soooooooo hope the Mets miss the playoffs. It's bad enough the Cubs and Yanks are going.

 

You tell him, bobrek! It's refreshing to see a baseball diehard fan like yourself (and MadMax and mc mark) posting in this thread.

 

I could never be a Mets fan! 1986 scarred me to the bone. I actually had a bottle of champagne sitting on the table in that series waiting to be popped. After the Astros lost, I put it back in the fridge and never opened it. Probably stayed there over a year before I finally threw it away.

 

I still find myself watching the majority of each Astros' game on MLB.com...

 

i didn't realize until just recently that you weren't in houston.

 

and once again we have differing baseball views!

 

Hey Max! I've got an extra Yankee cap I can send ya. I mean; you gotta pull for someone in the playoffs.

 

We've been in Minnesota for almost 16 years now......

 

of the potentials, in order:
Phillies
Indians
Padres
D-backs
Rockies
Brewers
Angels
Cubs/Mets/Yankees/Red Sox

 

ugh....

remember...i do like the red sox. i'll root like hell for the rockies if they get in.