Remember, this was the year before there were two Wild Card teams accepted from each league.Īt the beginning of the month, everything was perfectly laid out for teams that looked playoff bound. Louis Cardinals were 7.5 games back of the Milwaukee Brewers in the NL Central and 8.5 games behind the Atlanta Braves in the Wild Card.
1, 2011, the Boston Red Sox were in first place of the AL East and were nine games ahead of the third place Tampa Bay Rays. I am talking about four different games that all led to one of the greatest finishes to a regular season ever.īefore we can focus on game 162, we need to know the context of the season. I am not talking about one game in particular.
One of the greatest moments of the 21st century, if not ever, was the 162nd game of the 2011 regular season. The hot stove is rather cold, and we are still six weeks away from pitchers and catchers reporting in the spring. It is times like this when the average fan will look back and remember some great moments in baseball history.
