Given the number of teams teh wild card is neeeded. And yes, that is how they got in. after winning almost one hundred games and beating the Yankees 11 out of 19 times this year, let alone crushing the top teams in the west.
The 'Damned' Wild card team has disposed of two division winners.
In 2002 the Wild Card team won it all.
The Marlins were the wildcard last year, too.