lordstanley

White Sox blow 8th inning lead, lose their 120th.

Why hand off? Lions have had 3 second half drives to kill off the game - 0 points.

Razzle dazzle! Almost looks illegal, lol.

Wow, is the 2 minute warning call reviewable. Presumably not. Huge break for the Lions.

Big 3rd down. Convert and Arizona won’t get ball back this half.

Does Arnold lead the league in penalties?

Seattle, once leading 5-0, loses 6-5 on a Texas walkoff. They’re now 2 games back of the Tigers with 6 to play, the Tigers hold the tiebreaker, and the Mariners’ next 3 games are at Houston. So hardly much of a factor.

Not sure what the models say, but I now give the Tigers a better than 50% chance of making the playoffs.

Royals lose 7th straight! Tied with the Tigers. Both half game up on Minnesota.

I love baseball!

Great question. Probably Baltimore. Which means yes we’d have to pass both KC and Minnesota. Incidentally, with the Dodgers’ loss yesterday, no MLB team will hit 100 wins this year.

I feel confident that 5-2 or better will do it. 4-3 or less probably not.

I'm not sure but I think they do use the combined. https://www.mlb.com/news/mlb-playoff-tiebreaker-rules It's more complex for three-team ties. If the three clubs DO NOT all have identical records against one another and Team X has a better record against Teams Y and Z, then Team X is the qualifier. If Team X and Y have identical records against one another and each has a better record against Team Z, then Teams X and Y follow the two-club tiebreaker rules to determine the qualifier. Otherwise, the three clubs are ranked by their overall winning percentage against one another, and the club with the highest overall winning percentage is the qualifier. If two of the clubs have identical winning percentages in this scenario, then they would follow the two-club tiebreaker procedure.

If the Tigers win today, they'd clinch a winning record. Sad to sad, it would only be their 13th winning record in the 35 years of 1990-2024.

Season Series https://www.espn.com/mlb/standings/grid Det-KC KC 7 Det 6 Det-Minn Minn 7 Det 6 Det-Sea Det 5 Sea 1 Sea-KC Sea 3 KC 3 Sea-Minn Minn 5 Sea 2 KC-Minn Minn 7 KC 6 Here is why I think the Tigers would win the tiebreaker with KC as long as it was a 3-way tie involving Seattle. The Tigers head to head to head against KC and Seattle is 11-8, KC's is 10-9, and Seattle's is 4-8. How about a 3-way tie with Minnesota and Seattle? The Tigers' head to head to head against Minnesota and Seattle is 11-8, Minnesota's is 12-8, and Seattle's is 3-8. So the Tigers would still lose a tiebreaker to Minnesota, even if it involves Seattle too. How about a 4-way tie with Detroit, KC, Minnesota and Seattle, with two teams making it? The Tigers' head to head to head to head against KC, Minnesota and Seattle is 17-15, KC's is 16-16, Minnesota's is 19-14, Seattle's is 6-13. So the Twins and Tigers would make it.

White Sox have lost 4 straight and are at 36-119.

If the Tigers lose, they’ll be 6 back of Baltimore with 6 to go and won’t be catching them. Seattle winning and likely will stay just 1 game behind the Tigers. I do think there’s a scenario where the Tigers win the tiebreaker over KC or the Minnesota if a 3 or 4 way tie involving Seattle. I’ll do the work to prove or disprove that.

lol, I saw that too.

Max is watching.

0.5 game behind Minnesota. 1.0 game behind KC. I like our chances!

What a half hour of sports watching. Tigers and Wolverines both pull one out of the fire.

What a rollercoaster.

Now a pass?! Wtf. 4th down.