NL wild card races takes strange detour
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The Chicago Cubs are cranky. The fans are restless. The baseball has been sloppy, the results discouraging, the trend alarming. Friday seemed a good day to look in on the National League wild card race.
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Cincinnati had a chance to widen its lead in the National League wild-card race and couldn't do it. Arizona and San Diego each had an opportunity to catch the Reds and fell short.
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Greg Maddux pitched the Chicago Cubs into the lead in the NL wild-card race and gave Dusty Baker a win to remember. Maddux threw seven shutout innings for his 302nd career win, Baker got his 1,000th victory
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You often see thoroughbred horses do it. Baseball teams have jumped out ahead in the standings and stayed there all the way through to a World Series victory.
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It wouldnât have been a proper ending to the Philliesâ wacky season at Pro Player Stadium without the teams swapping leads like playing cards and going an extra inning to figure out the winner.
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As the Los Angeles Dodgers' bats turn colder, the NL West race is heating up.
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Like the autumn leaves, baseball changes in October. Pitchers dominate, and hitters desperately look for ways to score runs. By Andre Pichette, AP.
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Atlanta finished a dismal road trip with another loss. Arizona did the same to close out a terrible homestand. Meanwhile, the New York Mets seem to win everywhere they play.
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Of all the changes in sports, the one that fundamentalists have the hardest time accepting is the addition of the wild card in baseball.
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The Florida Marlins are trying to make their move in the NL wild-card race. Damion Easley, starting because of an injury to Luis Castillo, hit a go-ahead two-run homer in the seventh inning
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The closest race in the American League is for the wild card. Alex Rodriguez pushed the Yankees further ahead in those standings by talking his way into the lineup and homering twice to help New York open a three-game lead on Seattle. Meanwhile, Detroit moved just a half-game further back with a big win over Chicago when Timo Perez singled off the right-center field wall with two outs in the 11th inning for a 2-1 Tigers win Wednesday night.
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The Chicago Cubs are just a half-game ahead of the San Francisco Giants and Houston Astros in the NL wild-card race after falling to the visiting Montreal Expos, 7-6, on Brian Schneider&#39;s go-ahead single in the 12th inning.
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Chased out of Florida by Hurricane Ivan, the Marlins were forced to play a home game on the road but still managed to close the gap in the N.L. wild-card race.
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The wild card had many detractors when it debuted in 1995. But this year, doubters are hard to find.
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What happens if the Dodgers, Giants and Astros all finish the season with the same record, leaving the NL West and the NL Wild Card winners undecided?
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The purists went berserk back in 1993. They hated the idea. The wild card was bad for baseball. Just wait and see.
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Momentum does not appear to play a big role in determining a World Series champion. For every example of a team that seemed to feed off its recent success, there is a counterexample.