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MLB Division Races: 3 Down, 3 To Go

Three of the six Major League Baseball divisions officially have champions. On September 17, the Los Angeles Angels clinched the American League West with a 5-0 win over the Seattle Mariners. That win dropped the Angels' magic number to one, so they needed the Oakland Athletics to lose to the MLB-worst Texas Rangers. The Athletics obliged by losing…
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National League Wild Card Race Update

The National league wild card race has turned into a very unexpected and interesting one with two weeks left in the regular season. The most deciding race to determine the wild card might be the NL West division race. The Los Angeles Dodgers currently have a 3 game lead ahead of the San Francisco Giants after taking two out of three games in their…
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Could We See an All Third-Place World Series?

Since 1995, Major League Baseball has had more than division winners play in the postseason with the introduction of the wild card positions in each league. The wild card allowed two second-place teams in each league to make the postseason, and we have seen five wild card teams win the World Series -- three in the National League (Florida Marlins…
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Could the Dodgers Lose the NL West?

The Los Angeles Dodgers finished a three game series against the Washington Nationals with a tough loss on Wednesday, falling in 14 innings. The Dodgers had their chances to win late in the game but failed to score runners from third with one out in both the 10th and 11th innings. Losing two of three games to the Nationals, Wednesday’s loss could…
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