Column: Wild card adds some intrigue to baseball

  • By TIM DAHLBERG
    Associated Press
  • Thursday, September 20th, 2012
    From left, San Francisco Giants' Angel Pagan, Gregor Blanco and Hunter Pence celebrate a 6-3 win over the Colorado Rockies during a baseball game on Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2012 in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

    From left, San Francisco Giants' Angel Pagan, Gregor Blanco and Hunter Pence celebrate a 6-3 win over the Colorado Rockies during a baseball game on Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2012 in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

    New York Yankees' Derek Jeter hits a single off of Tampa Bay Rays starting pitcher David Price in the fifth inning of a baseball game on Friday, Sept., 14, 2012, at Yankee Stadium in New York. It was Jeter's 3,284th hit which surpassed Willie Mays for sole possession of 10th place on baseball's all-time hits list. (AP Photo/Kathy Kmonicek)

    New York Yankees' Derek Jeter hits a single off of Tampa Bay Rays starting pitcher David Price in the fifth inning of a baseball game on Friday, Sept., 14, 2012, at Yankee Stadium in New York. It was Jeter's 3,284th hit which surpassed Willie Mays for sole possession of 10th place on baseball's all-time hits list. (AP Photo/Kathy Kmonicek)

    St. Louis Cardinals' Kyle Lohse reacts after driving in a run with a double in fifth inning of a baseball game against the Houston Astros on Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2012, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Chris Lee)

    St. Louis Cardinals' Kyle Lohse reacts after driving in a run with a double in fifth inning of a baseball game against the Houston Astros on Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2012, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Chris Lee)

    Orioles center fielder Adam Jones makes a diving catch on a sacrifice fly ball by the Rays' Jeff Keppinger in the 4th inning. The Baltimore Orioles defeated the Tampa Bay Rays, 3-2, in the 14th inning at Oriole Park at Camden Yards in Baltimore, Maryland on Thursday, September 13, 2012. (Kenneth K. Lam/Baltimore Sun/MCT)

    Orioles center fielder Adam Jones makes a diving catch on a sacrifice fly ball by the Rays' Jeff Keppinger in the 4th inning. The Baltimore Orioles defeated the Tampa Bay Rays, 3-2, in the 14th inning at Oriole Park at Camden Yards in Baltimore, Maryland on Thursday, September 13, 2012. (Kenneth K. Lam/Baltimore Sun/MCT)