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American League:
#2 Los Angeles (West) vs #4 Boston (Wild Card)
#3 Chicago (Central) vs #1 Tampa Bay (East)
National League:
#2 New York (East) vs #4 Milwaukee (Wild Card)
#1 Chicago (Central) vs #3 Arizona (West)
| Rank | Team | W | L | PCT | Division | 1 | Chicago Cubs | 85 | 55 | .607 | C1 | 2 | New York Mets | 79 | 61 | .564 | E1 | 3 | Arizona | 71 | 68 | .511 | W1 | 4 | Milwaukee | 80 | 60 | .571 | C2 | 5 | Philadelphia | 76 | 64 | .543 | E2 | 6 | St. Louis | 75 | 65 | .536 | C3 | 7 | Houston | 74 | 66 | .529 | C4 | 8 | Florida | 71 | 69 | .507 | E3 | 9 | Los Angeles Dodgers | 70 | 70 | .5 | W2 | 10 | Colorado | 66 | 75 | .468 | W3 | 11 | Cincinnati | 62 | 78 | .443 | C5 | 12 | Atlanta | 61 | 80 | .433 | E4 | 13 | San Francisco | 60 | 79 | .432 | W4 | 14 | Pittsburgh | 59 | 80 | .424 | C6 | 15 | San Diego | 54 | 86 | .386 | W5 | 16 | Washington | 54 | 87 | .383 | E5 |
| Rank | Team | W | L | PCT | Division |
| 1 | Tampa Bay | 85 | 53 | .616 | E1 | 2 | Los Angeles Angels | 85 | 54 | .612 | W1 | 3 | Chicago White Sox | 78 | 61 | .561 | C1 | 4 | Boston | 82 | 57 | .59 | E2 | 5 | Minnesota | 77 | 63 | .55 | C2 | 6 | New York Yankees | 75 | 65 | .536 | E3 | 7 | Toronto | 73 | 66 | .525 | E4 | 8 | Texas | 69 | 72 | .489 | W2 | 9 | Cleveland | 67 | 71 | .486 | C3 | 10 | Detroit | 67 | 73 | .479 | C4 | 11 | Baltimore | 63 | 76 | .453 | E5 | 12 | Oakland | 63 | 77 | .45 | W3 | 13 | Kansas City | 60 | 79 | .432 | C5 | 14 | Seattle | 54 | 85 | .388 | W4 |
Select a date:
New York
| W | L | GB | Mets | 79 | 61 | Yankees | 75 | 64 | 3.5 |
Baltimore/DC
| W | L | GB | Orioles | 63 | 76 | Nationals | 54 | 86 | 9.5 |
Chicago
| W | L | GB | Cubs | 85 | 55 | White Sox | 78 | 61 | 6.5 |
LA/Orange County
| W | L | GB | Angels | 84 | 54 | Dodgers | 70 | 70 | 15 |
SF/Oakland
| W | L | GB | Athletics | 63 | 75 | Giants | 60 | 79 | 3.5 |
1. Washington (8/31)
2. Seattle (9/1)
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Wild card leader San Diego is facing the NL Central's second place team, Milwaukee, in the Cream City for the final four games of the season.
Since the first full season of three-division play, this is the first time the Padres have been the odd team out in the NL West at the end of the year and forced to play outside of the division. This honor tends to go to Arizona (finishing off a series in Pittsburgh today) or Colorado. San Diego has not played a game in Milwaukee since June of 2006.
Since the two teams first played in 1998 and including the three games they played this year (a Padres sweep in San Diego), San Diego leads the all-time series by a 39-28 margin. The Brewers do have a winning record in Milwaukee in this series, but by just a 17-16 margin.
The games they have played before will likely not be long remembered. This game on May 31, 2003 may make you rub your eyes when you see who the winning and losing pitchers were.
There have been just three players whose major league careers have seen them play just for Milwaukee and San Diego and no one else: Brandon Kolb, Jimmy Osting, and Santiago Perez.
Are you happy that all the 1/2 games have been removed from the standings now?
There are two smaller ones called "Airport" and "Miller Park."
I'll let you guess where they go to.
I was a little hurt you didn't mention it til now.
The 1/2 games weren't eliminated until really late last night.
You were asleep.
That's what I want. If we have to suffer, Arizona and San Diego have to suffer too.
I'm not a Cubs fan, so if this gets the Brewers into the playoffs, that's good too.
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