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If it's a tie, why do the Red Sox get the perks that go with best record?
When the tis is BROKEN it is no longer a TIE.
Like everything else in baseball, you have to look at the rules to see what matters, not just the numbers. The fundamental thing you are missing is that there are virtually no ties in baseball, there's always another rule to decide who actually gets it. Baseball is nothing but rules, if you don't get that, you don't get baseball.
Let's see some analysis of injuries. The Angels are walking wounded; they showed it on the field last night. The Red Sox are at last as healthy as they were back in April when they were mopping the floor with the rest of the league.
