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Originally Posted by joeswell

Thanks for your answer.

I'm not crazy about this feature. In real baseball, if there was a simple tie at the end of a season, there'd be a playoff game. If they had that rule in real baseball, there never would have been a walk off homer by Bobby Thompson in 1951 or that Red Sox-Yankees playoff in 1978... Bucky Dent never would have hit that cheap home run.

In your scenario, the game is correct - there is no tie-breaker game, since both teams would be going the playoffs anyways:

Originally Posted by mlb.com

Scenario #1: If there is a tie for a Division Championship and the winning percentage of the two Clubs tied for first place is higher than the winning percentage of each of the second-place Clubs in the same League, the Division Champion shall be:

The Club with the higher winning percentage in head-to-head competition between the two tied Clubs during the championship season; or

If the Clubs remain tied, then to the tied Club with the higher winning percentage in intradivision games during the championship season; or

If the Clubs remain tied, then to the tied Club with the higher winning percentage in the last half of intraleague games during the championship season; or

If the Clubs remain tied, then to the tied Club with the higher winning percentage in the last half plus one of intraleague games during the championship season, provided that such additional game was not a game between the two tied Clubs. This process will be followed game-by-game until the tie is broken.

Example of Scenario #1: The Oakland Athletics and Seattle Mariners end the championship season tied for the AL West Division Championship. Both Clubs have a higher winning percentage than the Boston Red Sox. Through games of September 7, the Mariners have the higher winning percentage in head-to-head competition (7-6, .538) and would be declared the Division Champion. Oakland would be the Wild Card.

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