A little bit is lost with the shocking NCAA football game where the #1 USC Trojans lost to the Oregon State Beavers in Corvallis, but this maybe have been the most consequential night in the MLB in 2008.

First, the Twins swept the White Sox to pull a half game ahead in the AL Central. Amazing in of itself, but to think, they came back from a 6-1 deficit in this game to win 7-6 in 10 innings. That’s baseball. And that’s momentum. This team has it, the White Sox don’t, and these are the types of streaks that teams can ride deep into the playoffs.

Next, and not to be outdone, the Milwaukee Brewers kept pace with the New York Mets in the NL Wild Card race by virtue of a dramatic walk off grand slam homerun by Ryan Braun in the 10th inning of their game. Both the Mets and Brewers are now tied in the wild card standings. Whew!

And it doesn’t end there. The Devil Rays, who could clinch the AL East, has been faltering of late, and that trend continued tonight with a loss to the Tigers. A win would clinch the division, but this team is stumbling to the finish, and a win by the Red Sox tonight shaved their division lead to just two games.

Finally, the Arizona Diamondbacks, who looked in the first half of the season to be the favorites to win the NL West, lost and with that loss clinched the division in favor of the Los Angeles Dodgers.

In short, we have some clarity but more questions. Teams surging, and teams faltering. Sometimes even better than the month of October is the last week of September. And today appeared to be the most consequential day of the 2008 MLB season thus far.