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GIANTS w/ One Foot in Grave - Now It's Two !!

or as Yogi might say, "It Ain't Over 'Til It's Over - But NOW IT IS OVER !!

2026 :Links not updated yet

For More Details,

Vitello's (& Giants Fans') Agony is OVER - ELIMINATED for 2026 (just about Three Hours Ago)

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NL DIVISION STDGS

Here's What Unfolded on Sunday:

NL WILD CARD STDGS

1. S F entered Sunday with 59 W, 19 GR, so MaxWins were 78

2. Then the bullpen imploded yet again Bottom 8, gave up 2 HRs, 2-0 lead became 4-2 deficit;

AL DIVISION STDGS

That Put One Foot in the Grave, Dropping MaxWins to 77

AL WILD CARD STDGS

3. And the 2nd Foot ? Grimly hanging on to Earth, just beyond the lip of the Grave

4. That's because a little cabal composed of ARI, S D, and MIA had already combined to

guarantee One of Those 3 Teams would end 2026 w/ AT LEAST 77 W Before Sunday started.

How do we know that? It's because those teams play (3) 3-game series by end of 2026

(ARI plays S D, and they BOTH play MIA). By Summing W thru Saturday, adding the 9 W

of the SGR (Shared Games Remaining) that must be won by these teams, and dividing by 3,

you arrive at the MinWin of 77.

5. So S F began Sunday w/ MaxWin of 78, and One Team Ahead of Them Guaranteed 77 wins.

Then S F loses, MaxWin at 77, best they can do is Tie for WC 3 - One Foot in Grave.

6. And the 2nd Tootsie? - Literally hanging by a Thread, because they had already lost the

Tiebreakers vs. ARI & MIA - and were trailing S D 6-4 w/ 3 g remaining. So they would need

a 3-game sweep of S D to win that Tiebreaker. BTW, S F won season series vs.

2 Div leaders (MIL, ATL), with a chance to beat the 3rd (lead L A 4-3, with 6 games left),

proving once again it's not who u play, but WHEN u play them.

7. Now back to our MAIN MELODRAMA playing out on Sunday.

S F Safe u say, for one more day, albeit barely, due to possible tie with S D at 77?

Not so fast, PAULINE ! One more PERIL existed. What if ALL 3 TEAMS in the cabal

won on Sunday? You guessed it - IF ALL 3 WON, that was just enough to push S F

and it's poor, beleagured 2nd TOOTSIE over the lip & into the Grave, by pushing MinWin to 78.

So the lonely dream of a Tiebreaker Win by sweeping S D would not matter, S F Eliminated

OUTRIGHT (Their MaxWin of 77 leaving them ONE shy of the now 78 MinWin). And sure

enough, by 3:38 pm PT Sunday, S D completed the TRIFECTA of WINS by MIA, ARI, & S D

needed to Raise the MinWin for WC3 to 78 & End S F's Playoff Hopes for 2026.

One last sidenote about the time-stamp: Box Scores I use to compare same-day results

provide Start Time (in local time) & Game Duration. But they omit Time Zone where game

was played. So if you're trying to decide which game ended first, and they both start at 1 pm,

they could still end hours apart if those 1 pm starting times were in different Time Zones.

Just one more little detail your intrepid correspondent has to be aware of - but hey, that's

why they pay me the BIG BUCKS !

WE ARE BACK and OFF TO THE (2026 PENNANT) RACES !!!

(This page is the only NEW content for 2026 so far, so NONE of the links in the

right-hand column have been updated for 2026. My apologies, but I hope to

correct that soon).

Question from 2017:

Why did NL Office take 2 tries to Decide LA had Clinched Playoffs 9-12-2017?

(according to Bill Shaikin of the L A Times)? We may never know.

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