This is it. The final day of the regular season. Four teams are fighting for the final two playoff spots in the National League. Baseball Prospectus is tracking the odds as each game finishes this weekend, while David Pinto keeps us posted on his massive tie scenario.
Meanwhile, here are the games that matter:

Marlins at Mets, 10:10 a.m. PT — Dontrelle Willis vs Tom Glavine. I can’t think of a better pitcher to make this start for New York than Glavine. To say the guy is well prepared for this situation is to make a colossal understatement. He’ll face a tough …read more

Early starts this morning. Fire up a pot of coffee and find the remote, it’s time for baseball:

Tigers at Yankees, 10:05 a.m. PT — Jeremy Bonderman and Chien-Ming Wang hook up here. The Tigers are 10-20 over their past 30 games, while the Yankees are 20-10. It’s a testament to New York’s offense that this team is in a pennant race despite having only 3 1/2 starting pitchers.
Angels at Red Sox, 11:05 a.m. PT — Speaking of testament to offense, Boston keeps winning despite the presence of Julian Tavarez in its rotation. Tavarez had a great rookie season for the …read more

Barry Bonds hit two solo homers over the weekend. The first came against Edgar Gonzalez on Saturday, the second against Yusmeiro Petit. With these two home runs, Bonds is now at 740 for his career, 15 behind Hank Aaron’s all-time mark.
Aaron hit his 739th home run off Oakland left-hander Vida Blue on June 12, 1975. With the Brewers clinging to a 4-3 lead, Aaron homered to lead off the bottom of the fifth inning. Blue proceeded to strike out the side in order, but Milwaukee went on to win the game, 9-7.
Two days later, with the Brewers and California Angels …read more

I’m guessing this isn’t what the Florida Marlins had in mind when they gave up promising young right-hander Yusmeiro Petit for Jorge Julio. Hey, at least he retired one of the seven batters he faced.