Baseball Insider: September 12, 2010 - September 18, 2010

2011 MLB schedule influenced by past weather issues, future possibilities

On the same night Major League Baseball released its preliminary 2011 master schedule, featuring an earlier start and finish to the season, the Minnesota Twins beat the Chicago White Sox to increase their lead in the American League Central race to seven games. Why the link between these two events?...

By Dave Sheinin  | September 15, 2010; 3:00 PM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (4)
Tags:  MLB 2011 Schedule, MLB playoff dates, World Series weather; Minnesota Twins World Series  
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Are the Yankees playing to win division, or just to get into playoffs?

For all practical purposes, the New York Yankees and Tampa Bay Rays have already clinched playoff berths, so wide are the gaps between the two best teams in baseball and the teams chasing them with less than three weeks remaining in the season. All that's left to decide is playoff...

By Dave Sheinin  | September 14, 2010; 10:44 AM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (7)
 
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