Fit to be tied

With several tight races down the stretch, a look at how MLB will break any potential ties after 162

Bucky Dent’s home run off Mike Torrez into the screen above Fenway Park’s fabled Green Monster propelled the Yankees to victory over the Red Sox in a game 163 AL East tiebreaker in 1978, capping one of the greatest comebacks in Baseball history.

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With a month remaining in the 2023 regular season, 17 of the 30 major league clubs are within 5 games of a playoff spot. The top 2 teams are separated by 5 games or fewer in 4 of the 6 divisions, highlighted by the AL West, where the Mariners, Astros and Rangers are all within one game of each other.

There are 6 teams within 3 games of a Wild Card spot in the NL, and there are 4 within at least 2 games in the pursuit of a Wild Card in the AL.

It’s nail-biting time.

The only thing we know for certain? There’ll be no Bucky Dent moment in 2023.