Brewers coin flip for one game playoff... Results: Cubs & Rockies host Brewers; Cards host Cubs; Brewers host Cards, Dodgers, Phillies

[billyhallfan]

i have voted for tails, three times, but looks like I have lost, hopefully there won't be a playoff anyway.

[Fatter than Joey]

Ask Ned, do the opposite.

[sgtcluels]

Ask Ned, do the opposite.

 

Hahaha I think a little pee trickled out on that one FTJ.

[M Skjellyfetti]

Only twenty minutes until the coin flip, and we can watch it live through the Brewers website! I think the flip might need an IGT.

[bacon06]

I think the flip might need an IGT.

I was just thinking that hahaha

 

[M Skjellyfetti]

It's live now, so tune in now if you want to see it.

[M Skjellyfetti]

The Cubs will host us if we tie, the Cards will host against the Cubs if they tie. We will host the Cards if we tie.

 

Edit: If we somehow tie for the Wild Card: We would host the Padres if we tie them, we would host the Dodgers, if we tie the Phillies, we'd host them, if we tie Colorado, the playoff would be in Colorado, and if we tie the Cubs for the Wild Card, the playoff would be in Chicago as well.

[YoGo24]

Im hoping we win the division outright but if anything please just lets tie with the Cards.

[YoGo24]

Arizona made out like gods. They get to host everybody if there is a tie

[valpocrewsader]

So wait, this is serious? There's no official rules for deciding who gets homefield for a 1-game playoff? (Like, best division record, best NL record, etc etc...) Deciding by coinflip seems pretty lame.

[bjkrautk]

I need a scouting report on the coin flipper: what kind of hang time do they get on their flips?

How much rotation of the coin are we looking at in-air?

I'm assuming the toss will be indoors, so what kind of park effects will come into play?

 

(Personally, I'd have advocated 'heads' ....so Tails is probably the way to go.)

[Bring Back the Stein]

The Cubs are 40 percent better coin flippers.

[bthurley19]

So we won the coin that we got to call. Good thing they didn't let Yost decide because it probably would have end up landing on it's side.

[Brian the Automator]

So wait, this is serious? There's no official rules for deciding who gets homefield for a 1-game playoff? (Like, best division record, best NL record, etc etc...) Deciding by coinflip seems pretty lame.

It used to be arm-wrestling, so this is at least a step in the right direction.

 

[endaround]

I hear this is a proposal to let spring training records determine home field next year

[bball123h2]

I think that whoever has the most sacrifices should get home field advantage. The playoffs is all about gritty battling anyways.

[crossface21]

What happens if there's a 3-way tie for the Division?

[bork]

What happens if there's a 3-way tie for the Division?

I was just wondering the same thing. Could be a 3 way tie after tonight.

 

Edit: Found the answer in today's notes.

 

Melvin and reliever Scott Linebrink later debated whether MLB was prepared for three teams tying for a division crown, and the answer was yes. Assuming the Wild Card comes from a different division, which seems the most likely scenario in 2007, then the tie is broken by designating the clubs as "A," "B," and "C," with selection of those designations based on the clubs' records against one another. Club A would host club B on Oct. 1, and the winner of that game would host club C. on Oct. 2 to determine the division winner.

[jeffy]

Melvin turned this coin flip thing into another dig at the fans. During the game last night he said something about having the fans vote because he didn't want to be second guessed. I know he meant it as a joke...but, does he really think contiuing to complain about and ridicule fans is a good business strategy?