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[QUOTE="jncuse, post: 3988466, member: 1969"]
The formats are not that standard in various scenarios.
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[B]Probably the most fascinating scenario to me is if there is a "3 way tie for two wildcard spots" which is not that unfathomable. [/B] (assume those are Boston, Toronto, New York).   In this scenario Boston gets preference, followed by Toronto, then New York.   (Not sure what happens if Seattle is one of these three teams!)

In this scenario the likely schedule would be:
Monday (Game 1) - Toronto (Team B) at Boston (Team A), Winner gets to Wild Card Game
Tuesday (Game 2) - Loser of Toronto/Boston vs New York (Team C), Winner gets to Wild Card Game
Wednesday - Wildcard Game - Winner of Game 1 vs Winner of Game 2

Boston has first choice of what "Team Desingation" they want.   They could choose to host Game 1 on Monday (Team A), or wait to host Game 2 on Tuesday (Team C).    But I would strongly suspect that Boston would rather have 2 cracks at getting to the wildcard game then just 1, so they select Team A designation.   Toronto similarly would rather have 2 cracks, but by choosing Team B they would be on the road for both games.   I still think that "Team B" with 2 cracks on the road is better than "Team C" with one crack at home.

[B]Now if there is a 3 way tie for one wild card spot, it would be a more expected format.   [/B]The team with the best record in games amongst the three would play on Tuesday.  The teams with the two worst records would play on Monday.    There is no "2 Shots at getting to the Wildcard" scenario.
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