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In the American League, Houston travels to New York Tuesday for the Wild Card Game. Winner heads to Kansas City Thursday to play the Royals in a best-of-five AL Division Series, while Texas travels to Toronoto, also Thursday, for the other best-of-five Division Series. The winners will play in the ALCS. KC has home field advantage by virtue of the best record in the AL, and the AL champion will have the home field in the World Series, as the AL won the All-Star game.
In the National, there's an oddball situation in that, of the teams with the three best records in baseball, two of them play in the Wild Card Game Wednesday -- the Cubs and the Pirates -- and the winner faces the team with the best record -- the St. Louis Cardinals, who have home field advantage through the NLCS -- in one NL Division Series, starting Friday. The Mets and Dodgers play the other Division Series, with the winners playing in the NLCS.
The two league champions determined in the league championship series play in the World Series.
Here's the whole schedule from Fox Sports.
OK, I'm prejudiced, but I think it's Kansas City and St. Louis in the World Series. Both have good solid starting pitching, both are among the top defensive teams in baseball -- only the pitiful Padres have a better defensive-runs-saved stat than the Royals -- and everybody (in Missouri) wants another I-70 Series.
Your turn.
In the National, there's an oddball situation in that, of the teams with the three best records in baseball, two of them play in the Wild Card Game Wednesday -- the Cubs and the Pirates -- and the winner faces the team with the best record -- the St. Louis Cardinals, who have home field advantage through the NLCS -- in one NL Division Series, starting Friday. The Mets and Dodgers play the other Division Series, with the winners playing in the NLCS.
The two league champions determined in the league championship series play in the World Series.
Here's the whole schedule from Fox Sports.
OK, I'm prejudiced, but I think it's Kansas City and St. Louis in the World Series. Both have good solid starting pitching, both are among the top defensive teams in baseball -- only the pitiful Padres have a better defensive-runs-saved stat than the Royals -- and everybody (in Missouri) wants another I-70 Series.
Your turn.