Now they are praying for a wild-card spot in the playoffs. From Wordnik.com. [Upsets Signal NFL Power Shift] Reference
It is the wild-card success that every publisher prays for. From Wordnik.com. ['Snow' On Top] Reference
The Mets were only half a game behind in the wild-card race. From Wordnik.com. [Making New Memories] Reference
I can't resist the wild-card symmetry in this uncommon season. From Wordnik.com. [Play it Again, NFL] Reference
Google is one wild-card bidder that could alter the landscape. From Wordnik.com. [Timothy Karr: Why the Airwaves Auction Matters to Progressives] Reference
A full sale is possible, particularly if a wild-card bid emerges. From Wordnik.com. [Will Vivendi Star in New NBC Drama Coming This Fall?] Reference
But with Radio 1 exposure in the offing, she could be a wild-card pop success. From Wordnik.com. [First sight: Rumer] Reference
He also struggled in a loss to the Cowboys the following week in the wild-card game. From Wordnik.com. [Eagles Trade McNabb to Redskins] Reference
For the sixth straight year, at least one wild-card team made it to the World Series. From Wordnik.com. [Fix Baseball Contest Results:] Reference
After knocking off six straight teams, the Colts are solidly back in the wild-card race. From Wordnik.com. [Upsets Signal NFL Power Shift] Reference
In each of the last five years, at least one wild-card team made it to the World Series. From Wordnik.com. [Fix Baseball Contest Update:] Reference
The wild-card system has kept more than half the teams in contention for the postseason playoffs. From Wordnik.com. [Diamond Jubilee] Reference
Europe's vice-captain believes the controversial wild-card omissions have only themselves to blame. From Wordnik.com. [Paul McGinley: 'It's very important we win the Ryder Cup again'] Reference
But in naming a court nominee, Obama's allegiance to the city could well carry a wild-card factor. From Wordnik.com. [Race for the Robe: Windy City Edition] Reference
I'm sitting down this Saturday for the NFL's wild-card weekend and strapping myself in for the ride. From Wordnik.com. [Starr Gazing: What A Sham!] Reference
And the Rockies went 20-8 in September and won 14 of their last 15 games to take the wild-card slot. From Wordnik.com. [Fix Baseball Contest Update:] Reference
Still, wild-card teams have gone all the way, most recently the Baltimore Ravens and the Denver Broncos. From Wordnik.com. [Starr Gazing: Root, Root, Root For The Home Team] Reference
So the Nationals settled for a split with the reigning NL wild-card team, further establishing themselves. From Wordnik.com. [Ubaldo Jimenez pitches Colorado Rockies past Washington Nationals, 2-0] Reference
(The Yankees are six games behind Tampa Bay in the AL East, though they do lead the AL wild-card standings.). From Wordnik.com. [Bay's Bat Comes Alive in Win] Reference
But as it stands now, the two teams trail wild-card leader San Diego by one game, and are tied with Colorado. From Wordnik.com. [New York Mess] Reference
That leaves one slot to be filled: The San Diego Padres and Colorado Rockies are tied for the wild-card lead. From Wordnik.com. [Phillies Claim NL East Crown;] Reference
Since the playoffs expanded to 12 teams in '90, only four teams from wild-card weekend have ever made the big game. From Wordnik.com. [Cheat Sheet: Super Bowl Xxxvii] Reference
After reaching the playoffs as a wild-card last year, the Green Bay Packers look poised to go all the way this time. From Wordnik.com. [Tip of the Day] Reference
To introduce a wild-card group like Al-Qaeda is just something he wouldn't do, so I didn't believe it for an instant. From Wordnik.com. [Moyers Exposes the Lapdog Media] Reference
You can tell the delegates where to sit, you can tell the politicians what to talk about, this is always the wild-card. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript - Special Event: Republican National Convention: Mayor Riordan Discusses Plans for Democrats in L.A.; Delaware Plan Falls in Rules Committee - July 31, 2000] Reference
Braves and Giants 'down-to-the-wire pennant battle underlines the idiocy of next year's low-rent wild-card playoff system. From Wordnik.com. [Fall Classic Edition] Reference
During this past baseball season, the Red Sox won 95 games and qualified for the playoffs as the American League's wild-card. From Wordnik.com. [The Myth of Complacency in Boston Sports] Reference
She won the Open last year as a wild-card entry, and she now lives partly in New Jersey, which almost makes up for Snooki and JWoww. From Wordnik.com. [Patriots to the NFL: We're Still Here] Reference
Still, it suggests that Indianapolis must have wanted the Broncos as their wild-card opponent so, in effect, handed the spot to them. From Wordnik.com. [Starr Gazing: Bring Back the Traditional College-Bowl Format] Reference
Check out this Technorati chart: Bloomberg is the most talked wild-card candidate in the blogosphere, even beating out Fred Thompson. From Wordnik.com. [Daily Digest: 6/21/07] Reference
On the first Monday in January, the day after the Packers dropped that wild-card game in San Francisco, Wallingford flew to Green Bay. From Wordnik.com. [The Fourth Hand]
Aside from losing a wild-card pool pick state (I had AZ going to Obama against the odds), how can so many states surrounding Arizona. From Wordnik.com. [Did John McCain Lose Arizona?] Reference
Since then, nearly a third of World Series champions have been wild-card teams, including the 2004 World Series Champion Boston Red Sox. From Wordnik.com. [Rahm Emanuel: On Bush, On Baseball and Iraq: "He's 0 for 2"] Reference
What makes Dungy's call intriguing is that by losing to Denver, Indy assured that it would play Denver once again this wild-card weekend. From Wordnik.com. [Starr Gazing: Bring Back the Traditional College-Bowl Format] Reference
Then they finished that season seven games out (four back in the wild-card standings) and missed the playoffs for the sixth-straight year. From Wordnik.com. [A Division Race of Flimsy Combatants] Reference
How does a team with that record manage to go into the postseason as an underdog -- even before they lost the opener -- to wild-card Oakland?. From Wordnik.com. [Starr Gazing: Yankees (Still) Suck!] Reference
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