Game No. 163

Well, regardless of who wins this, my picks from the beginning of the season look positively dreadful. Yes, I correctly predicted perhaps the two easiest division races in baseball—and those are the only two teams I had in the playoffs.

Ouch.

Well anyway, I'm counting tomorrow night's one-game playoff to be the beginning of the post-season (c'mon ... it's on TBS!). That said, maybe I'm going to regret posting this item when I thought the picture would be even more ironic if Cleveland ended Chicago's season. But alas, here's how I see tomorrow night:

Chicago White Sox over Minnesota Twins

I don't know how else to describe this divisional finish, but any synonym for "ugly" will suffice. Had the final few weeks been more about two teams one-upping another with win after win instead of watching a pair of ballclubs stumble backwards at similar rates of disappointment.

But all things considered, the game will be played at The Cell rather than up in Minnesota, and that single "win-to-get-in" game comes on the heels of an already emotional victory over to Detroit just to stay alive. A few hours ago, the Twins weren't even sure where they were going to be sleeping tonight.

I'd caution Sox fans not to get too excited, seeing as a victory tomorrow only earns the winner a likely first-round exit at the hands of the Tampa Bay Devil Rays—but that's the Division Series, and we'll get to those picks tomorrow, when we know which is the eighth and final playoff team.