Thursday Night Open Thread Episode IV: A New Hope

Tonight's open thread task:

Go into all-out prediction mode and forecast what the MLB standings will look like in a month and a few days, when the season concludes and there is hopefully a four-way tie for both Wild Card spots. Perhaps if that happens, we'll get a classic Bud Selig moment like this one. Baseball's impossible to predict, but it's fun to offer thoughts on this anyway.

On a more off-topic note, what are your three top underrated World Series games of the past 20 years?

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AL East- Yankees

AL Central- Tigers

AL West- Rangers

AL Wild Cards- White Sox vs. Rays

NL East- Nationals

NL Central- Reds

NL West- Dodgers

NL Wild Cards- Giants vs. Braves

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1. 1999 World Series Game 3 (Four-run rally and Chad Curtis walk-off homer puts Braves on brink of elimination)

2. 2000 World Series Game 5 (Luis Sojo single in ninth helps clinch third straight title)

3. 2009 World Series Game 4 (Alex Rodriguez's ninth-inning double puts Phillies on brink of elimination)