The MLB season is coming to an end, and with the AL Central race as close as ever, Bud Selig is planning for the off chance of a one game playoff. The Tigers would have to travel to Minnesota on the Monday after the season ends, but good ole Brett Favre is playing his former team in the Metrodome that night.
MLB has asked the NFL about the possibility of a swap, but Roger Goodell doesn’t even seem to be considering it. Via CBS Sports….
The NFL said Monday it will not swap sites for this season’s Green Bay Packers-Minnesota Vikings games in case the baseball playoffs get in the way at the Metrodome.
Green Bay plays at Minnesota on Monday night, Oct. 5, pitting Brett Favre against his old team in front of a national TV audience.
Meanwhile, the Minnesota Twins trail the Detroit Tigers by three games in the AL Central with 13 games left to play. If the two teams finish tied for first place, the Twins will host a tiebreaker game if they beat the Tigers in the overall season series. Minnesota leads 9-5, with four games remaining in Detroit next week.
The Twins and White Sox needed a 163rd game to decide the division last year, a game that was played in Chicago. Major League Baseball typically schedules tiebreaker games for the Monday right after the regular season because playoff series begin that week.
NFL spokesman Dan Masonson said the Packers-Vikings game next month will not be moved, however. Green Bay later hosts Minnesota on Nov. 1.
“There is no swap under consideration,” Masonson said in an e-mail to the Associated Press. “We are closely monitoring the situation.”
I guess that the NFL game could be moved to the University of Minnesota, but that’s a lot to ask of a league. Hopefully there isn’t a tie, but this could become a bigger issue as we get closer to October.
NFL: No plans for Packers-Vikes site swap to accommodate MLB (CBS Sports)
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