A full 162-game season wasn't enough to decide the better team between American League Central Division rivals Detroit Tigers and Minnesota Twins, meaning that they'll put their identical 86-76 records up against each other in a one-game playoff on Tuesday night in Minneapolis. The winner of that game will advance to the postseason to face the New York Yankees in one of the two American League Division Series, with the Red Sox squaring off against the Angels in the other.
Meanwhile, in the National League, it's all set for the two best-of-five National League Division Series: Los Angeles Dodgers will host the Cardinals while the defending champs from Philadelphia meet up with the Rockies.
If the Tigers win on Tuesday night, then 7 of the 8 combatants in this year's MLB postseason will be recent World Series contenders: Phillies (won in 2008), Rockies (lost in 2007), Red Sox (won in 2007), Tigers (lost in 2006), Cardinals (won in 2006), Yankees (lost in 2003) and Angels (won in 2002). Even the 8th team, the Dodgers, made it into the final four teams last year, before losing to the Phillies in the 2008 NLCS. In other words, we're probably going to have a 2009 postseason stacked with recent powerhouses, which isn't all that usual anymore. What is usual, though, is that I'm all a-quiver at the prospect!
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