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The Phillies’ Rob Thomson is ‘special.’ Just ask Derek Jeter.

Rob Thomson, champagne bottle in his right hand, stood Saturday night in the center of the Phillies clubhouse as his players circled around him. The team was seven games below .500 when Thomson stepped in as manager, yet here it was in October standing just four wins from the World…

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Fans Benefit From New Playoff Format’s Upsets

There’s a scene in Martin Scorsese’s The Departed (2006) in which Captain George Ellerby (Alec Baldwin) is asking Colin Sullivan (Matt Damon) about Jimmy Pappas (Paris Karounos), who was arrested for the murder of two gangsters from Providence. Both of them know Pappas, a local Greek restaurateur, ...

Sports Illustrated

Have the revamped MLB playoffs made the regular season meaningless?

The first rounds of the postseason saw three 100-win teams lose to opponents with worse records. Is this a sign of a flawed system or just how baseball works?

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Mariners’ postseason run comes to end in 18th inning of ALDS against Astros

SEATTLE — With each failed plate appearance and squandered scoring opportunity, particularly when only one run would’ve stopped the eventual marathon of pitches, outs and scoreless innings, the Mariners were allowing the potent bats of the Astros top hitters, held silent for longer than reasonably expected, opportunity after opportunity to…

Tribune News Service

Realmuto Hits Inside-the-Park Homer for Phillies vs. Braves

Philadelphia can eliminate the reigning World Series champions with a win on Saturday.

Sports Illustrated

Relief ace Bruce Sutter, who clinched 1982 World Series for Cardinals, dies at 69

ST. LOUIS — Bruce Sutter, who threw the final pitch of the 1982 World Series to clinch the Cardinals’ first championship in 15 years, died at the age of 69 late Thursday after having fought Parkinson’s and then a suddenly developing bout with cancer.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Snell: Dodgers-Padres NLDS at Petco Park should be 'insane'

The atmosphere at Petco Park will be absolutely electric when Blake Snell and the Padres face Tony Gonsolin and the rival Los Angeles Dodgers in the first playoff game at San Diego's downtown ballpark with fans in the stands in 16 years

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Jeff Luhnow’s Next Act: Soccer

The scandal-marked former Astros GM says he has nothing to apologize for.

Sports Illustrated

John Romano: Once again, the Rays are left contemplating the secrets of the postseason

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The Rays deserve your love. If not your love, at least your respect.

Tribune News Service

Michael Cunningham: Underdog Phillies immediately show Braves this won’t be easy

ATLANTA — The Phillies ended their postseason drought at 10 years only because MLB added an extra wild card this year. They were the lowest seed to make it through the wild-card round. The Phillies are up against the Braves in the National League Division Series. The defending World Series…

Tribune News Service

MLB Playoffs: Judge, Verlander join fray as 8 teams remain

Major League Baseball’s first foray into a best-of-three wild-card round provided its share of memorable moments

The Independent UK

Braves-Phillies Preview: Three Things That Will Decide the NLDS

Atlanta might be better than it was when it won the World Series last year, but that doesn’t mean Philadelphia is done.

Sports Illustrated

David Murphy: Bring on the Braves: Phillies show they have World Series stuff

ST. LOUIS — All of them were there except one. The goggles were donned and the music was on and the corks were popping in a 12-gun salute. The postseason's biggest wild cards were gathered in the back of the visitor's clubhouse waiting for the word go. A few minutes…

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Mark Bradley: After decades of doubt, the Braves have made us believe again

ATLANTA — It’s not as if the Braves haven’t won anything. Since 1990, they’ve won their division 20 times over 31 completed seasons. Over three decades, they’ve been good far more often than they’ve been bad. So why have the past 13 months felt so …

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Chicago Sun-Times

Polling Place: What letter grades did you give White Sox, Cubs for 2022 performances?

Seemingly, “F” must stand for “five-hundred record.”

Sports Illustrated

Eight Thoughts Heading Into the First Day of the Playoffs

For us baseball fans, few days are better than the one we have today. Four postseason games, back-to-back-to-back-to-back. Well, technically, there is some overlap, but that’s even better! More games means flipping channels, which means less of a chance we’ll have to sit through commercials for ...

The Guardian - US

2022 MLB playoffs: ranking the title contenders from first to worst

Will an expanded Wild Card round lead to an unexpected upset or will one of the established baseball juggernauts emerge as the World Series winners?

Sports Illustrated

Baseball Players LOVE Their Playoff Merch

Only slightly less coveted than the postseason berth itself, the highly anticipated playoff paraphernalia is an MLB “rite of passage.”

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Bill Shaikin: Forget Frick. Time to put Vin Scully's name on this award.

LOS ANGELES — The postseason won't be the same without Vin Scully. The last time we had one without him, "the postseason" was simply called "the World Series," won by the most celebrated team in baseball history: the 1927 New York Yankees.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Benjamin Hochman: Capturing the importance of John Mozeliak's deadline moves for Cardinals

John Mozeliak, who is forever the architect of a World Series champion, annually builds a team that contends for the playoffs.

Tribune News Service

Which Padres offense shows up could be difference in playoffs

The Padres offense could suddenly become what it was expected to be.

Los Angeles Times

Is a World Series title the Dodgers' only definition of success? It depends who you ask.

LOS ANGELES — Clayton Kershaw wasn't sure how to answer the question.

USA Today Sports Media Group

The Dodgers falling short of a World Series title would be one of the biggest letdowns in sports

After a historical season, anything less than a title would be a major disappointment.

Sports Illustrated

Inside the MLB Culture Wars That Led to Joe Maddon’s Firing

How could a World Series-winning manager with 19 years of experience lose his job over a 12-game sample?

Sports Illustrated

Royals Fire Manager Mike Matheny After Three Seasons

Kansas City hasn’t made the playoffs since winning the World Series in 2015.

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