REVISING HISTORY
JOE SHEEHAN
November 28, 2011
If the new playoff system had been in place the last few years, there'd be less angst in Boston and Atlanta this winter. The new CBA adds a fifth playoff team in each league: two wild-card clubs will meet in a one-game playoff, winner advancing to the Division Series. Here's what those wild-card matchups would have looked like in the last three seasons. The Red Sox and the Braves wouldn't be chokers now—they'd be postseason perennials.
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YEAR |
AL |
NL |
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2011 |
RED SOX vs. RAYS
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BRAVES vs. CARDINALS
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2010 |
RED SOX vs. YANKEES
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PADRES vs. BRAVES
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2009 |
RANGERS vs. RED SOX
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GIANTS vs. ROCKIES
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2008 |
YANKEES vs. RED SOX
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METS vs. BREWERS
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If the new playoff system had been in place the last few years, there'd be less angst in Boston and Atlanta this winter. The new CBA adds a fifth playoff team in each league: two wild-card clubs will meet in a one-game playoff, winner advancing to the Division Series. Here's what those wild-card matchups would have looked like in the last three seasons. The Red Sox and the Braves wouldn't be chokers now—they'd be postseason perennials.
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