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4. 16 wild card teams have won the Series. Yankees and Red Sox were the reason for this

Wed Oct 16, 2019, 11:34 AM

Oct 2019

AL
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_American_League_Wild_Card_winners

NL
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_National_League_Wild_Card_winners

When this was started I read several articles about how this was really just to keep the Boston and Yankees fans around for the postseason

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So now a team has won the pennant without winning its division. [View all] triron Oct 2019 OP

Not the first time aeromanKC Oct 2019 #2

I haven't a problem with this. Congrats to the Nationals ... Auggie Oct 2019 #3

As the Rockies did in '07 CanonRay Oct 2019 #5

It validates the wildcard process SCantiGOP Oct 2019 #6

+1 Kurt V. Oct 2019 #7

Your thought is the same as mine. Blue_true Oct 2019 #9