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Here is the full Major League Baseball schedule for Oct. 14 and how to watch all the games. Or see our sortable MLB schedule to filter by team or division. All times Eastern and accurate as of Tuesday,
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Shohei Ohtani didn't just have the greatest MLB playoff game of all time on Friday when he did it all to help the Los Angeles Dodgers clinch a second straight World Series berth. It was the greatest game of all time. Full stop.
Sunday's games across baseball are synchronized with all 15 contests starting between 3:05 and 3:20 p.m. ET so by dinner time, MLB's playoff picture should be official. The playoffs begin on Tuesday with the best-of-three wild card series.
The most impressive World Series moment on Friday night may have come from MLB Network analyst Dan Plesac when he predicted Toronto Blue Jays utilityman Addison Barger would play a significant role in Game 1 before the first pitch was thrown.
This is a far cry from the rest of the MLB postseason. The Divisional Series are best-of-five series, and the Championship Series and World Series both consist of a best-of-seven series format. Which begs the question: Why is the Wild Card round a best-of-three?
Upon further review, the ABS Challenge System has been confirmed for the 2026 MLB season. The Joint Competition Committee voted Tuesday afternoon to bring the Automated Ball-Strike (ABS) Challenge System,
And now here's the stat of all stats: No player in MLB history had ever had a career with both a 10-strikeout game and a three-homer game, according to OptaStats. Ohtani did it all in one game.
In the first three years of the expanded MLB playoff format, 10 of the 12 series in the Wild Card Round ended in sweeps.