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Breaking down all the MLB playoff scenarios on the regular season's final (?) day

Welcome to the most potentially chaotic day in baseball history. It's easy to fall prey to the moment and hyperbolize, but, no, what Sunday has in store is legitimately mad. When Major League Baseball laid out its 60-game season and expanded its postseason to eight teams per league, even this -- an afternoon in which the playoff fates of 12 teams hang in the balance -- would have seemed far-fetched.

A five-way tie for four playoff spots? It could happen.

A team that can secure the No. 2 seed in its league ... or drop all the way to the No.