"In 2006 an underdog Cardinals squad advanced to the World Series, where it easily defeated the favoured Detroit Tigers <http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/662130/Detroit-Tigers> to become the champion with the lowest regular-season winning percentage in baseball history, after having posted a win-loss record of 83-79." From some web site
________________________________ From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Matt & Olga McSorley Sent: Thursday, September 24, 2009 10:40 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: Winning the Wildcard The wild card is baseball's best safeguard against the Yankees. Finishing with the best record in the AL still only makes them one of four October participants, and as we all know October baseball is a crapshoot. I don't like that the wild card has basically done away with pennant races (remember that quaint term?) but overall it's been good for the game. -- Matt --- On Thu, 9/24/09, Steve Gendron <[email protected]> wrote: From: Steve Gendron <[email protected]> Subject: RE: Winning the Wildcard To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Date: Thursday, September 24, 2009, 10:29 AM I know baseball purists hate it, but I really like the wildcard system, and I think it is good for baseball. It keeps many more teams engaged as the season winds down, and as you suggest, the second place team in a strong division is often a better playoff contender than division winners. How many wildcard entries have won the world series? Angels back in 2002 (I think), Sox in 2004. Have there been others? ________________________________ From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ray Salemi Sent: Thursday, September 24, 2009 7:08 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Winning the Wildcard There has always been part of me that says, "Ho hum, another wildcard. I guess it will have to do." Then I realized that the wildcard race is actually quite difficult to win. It hearkens back to the days of old when you were competing against the entire league in the standings, and you could not hide behind a weak division. -- Author of "Leading After a Layoff: Reignite Your Team's Productivity in Just 12 Weeks" www.leadingafteralayoff.com <http://www.leadingafteralayoff.com/> </table --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Red Sox Citizens" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/redsoxcitizens?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
