Yankees fall to the wild card slot on the season's final day.

Rays win the division. New York Yankees get the wild card.

The Yanks have to play the Twins instead of the Rangers, which means nothing. In fact, the Rangers are probably tougher in a short series, since Hamilton is healthy and they have Cliff Lee. But here's the rub - because the Twins are division champs, they get home field advantage over the Yankees, even though the Yanks had a better record. Although the Yankees had the third-best record among the 30 teams in baseball (and the very best run differential), they only had the second-best record among the five teams in their division.