Today's Misleading Headline

Saw this pop up in my RSS reader around midnight:

Fraley: One mistake from C.J. Wilson could end up costing Rangers a title

So:

... if the Rangers make the playoffs, and are then fortunate/good enough to advance to the World Series, and ...

... if the Rangers then lose the World Series for a second consecutive year, and ...

... if the Rangers lose the World Series in significant part because they didn't have home field advantage, which would, for all intents and purposes, mean a loss in seven games, as both teams would otherwise have played an equal number of games on the home and on the road (in the event of a four- or a six-game series loss) or the Rangers would have actually played a greater number of games at home (in the event of a five-game loss) ...

... then, yes, Wilson giving up three earned runs last night will mean that he did meaningfully contribute to the Rangers not winning the title.

But what are the odds of all of those things happening? Isn't this really stretching the use of "could" to its limits?