A month ago?? Are they nuts? I think that division has been tight enough that any of the top 3 or 4 teams could have been duking it out in the last week. What if neither the Sox nor Yankees made it? Well sure, flip the coin again, the fans will come and fill the stadium even with a last minute decision...
I think it's crazy the home field advantage of a do or die, one game playoff is determined by a coinflip! How about comparing head to head record, common opponents record, division record - anything determined on the field is better than mere chance.
And when they did the coinflip the Sox were up 5 1/2 games or so on the yankees and the Blue Jays and Orioles had pretty much fallen by the wayside by then (over 10 games out). The AL East has been a 2 team division for a while now.
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