At the actual deadline: Two games out
of the Wild Card Currently: 5 1/2 out of the Wild Card What they would have done differently: Sell, sell, sell
At the actual deadline: Eight games back
of the Wild Card Currently: Eight games back of the Wild Card What they would have done differently: Nothing, apparently
At the actual deadline: 3 1/2 games out
of the Wild Card Currently: Eight games out What they would have done differently: Nothing
At the actual deadline: Three games out
of the Wild Card Currently: 3 1/2 games out of the Wild Card What they would have done differently: Not a danged thing
At the actual deadline: Two games out
of the wild card Currently: 1 1/2 games up in the AL East What they would have done differently if the non-waiver trade deadline were Aug. 31: Not a whole lot
At the actual deadline: Six games out
of the Wild Card Currently: Four games out What they would have done differently: Not a whole lot
Not exact matches
The Yankees aren't out
of things yet — even with the injuries and the disappointments, they sit just 3.5 games back in the AL East and are
currently half a game up on the Twins for the AL's second
wild card.
At the actual deadline: Two back in the AL West, four games up in the
Wild Card Currently: 7 1/2 back in the West, 3 1/2 back in the
Wild Card What they would have done differently: Panicked in the middle
of the slide and made a huge move
Saturday marked the 83rd loss
of the season for Toronto, and with Minnesota
currently sitting in second
Wild Card position with 80 wins, it is not mathematically possibly for the Jays to make the playoffs this year.
Sept. 21: Colorado is having some fun on Twitter about their current
Wild Card situation — claiming to
currently be fans
of the Cubs and Reds.
They are
currently in sole possession
of the second
wild card spot and even if they fall to the Cowboys, they face the Saints and the Panthers to wrap up their season...
Ichiro Suzuki's return to Seattle shows he has something left to offer, all those midseason rotation adds end up paying off this year, and Felix Hernandez is able to pull out
of his early 30s slide long enough to give the Mariners a reliable starting five, a place in the AL
Wild Card hunt, and the end
of what is
currently the longest playoff - drought in North American sports.
The Goose, who perplexingly started the year in the AHL with the Grand Rapids Griffins, is one
of the sole reasons why the Red Wings, who are
currently leading the Eastern Conference
Wild Card race with 84 points, even still have a shot at making the playoffs.
Democrats in the Senate are
currently split up as follows: There are 23 members
of the mainline conference, eight members
of the IDC, plus the
wild card of Democrat Simcha Felder, A Democrat who since arriving in the chamber has caucused with the Republicans but has expressed a willingness to return to the Democratic fold if conditions change.
Currently reading: I always have at least three books underway, usually a novel, a work
of history, and a
wild card.