PHOENIX − It’s fun, chaotic and nerve-racking but a complete nightmare for three traveling secretaries. While the along with the American League wild-card field, the is still jumbled. The San Diego Padres clinched the top wild-card berth and home-field advantage in the wild-card round with their 5-3 victory Friday night over the Arizona Diamondbacks, it leaves three teams vying for the final two spots.
And no one has the slightest idea who’s going to keep playing in October and who’s staying home. The New York Mets (87-71), Atlanta (87-71) and the Arizona Diamondbacks (88-72), after 184 days of the regular season, are tied up with two days left. Check that.
There are three days left. Well, maybe. It is so confusing that these teams don’t know how many games they have left to play, let alone have any idea where to tell their pilot to fly Monday.
The three teams have complete control of their destiny without needing to rely on anyone losing, well, with the exception of Arizona, the team with the most victories among the trio. If either Atlanta or the Mets win their remaining four games, they’re in. If Arizona wins their remaining two games against San Diego, they’re all but certain to be in, but it’s not fully guaranteed.
Let’s say the Mets win their next two games in Milwaukee, Atlanta wins their next two against Kansas City and Arizona wins their next two against the Padres, it guarantees only that Monday’s bizarre day will have a significant impact. The M.
