Four games left in the regular season in Major League Baseball and the situations in the two leagues couldn’t be more different. In the American League the field is set, with Boston, New York, Anaheim, and Cleveland all having clinched a spot in the postseason field with only jockeying for position in the seedings ongoing through Sunday’s finale.

But in the National League, boy oh boy if you don’t have MLB League Pass you are wishing you had it now. Eight, count ‘em, EIGHT clubs still fighting for the postseason with not a single spot clinched. A quick rundown as follows….

The Mets in a freefall holding a one game lead on the Phillies and a four game edge on the Braves who are still mathematically alive for a spot. The Central features a do or die two team sprint to the finish with the Cubs holding a two game edge on Milwaukee. And out west, the D’Backs hold a one and a half game edge(thanks to this afternoon’s win at Pittsburgh) on San Diego(Milton who?) and two and half over a surging Rockies club that has won its last ten games. And the wild card couldn’t get much wilder with the Padres up by a single game over both the Rocks and Phils.

And yes, this pile on does create some interesting season ending scenarios. There is a possibility of a five way tie at the end of the season at 89-73 involving the Mets, D’Backs,Phillies,Rockies, and Padres….How in God’s name do they even begin to break such a thing. And that says nothing about the simple possibility of a Brewers/Cubs deadlock at season’s end.

Think the NFL’s tiebreaking scenarios are nuts. Try Jayson Stark’s article.

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