With the first-round madness out of the way the field is set for the League Division Series. It is a best-of-five with no off-days. The ALDS starts Monday, the NLDS on Tuesday.
The ALDS pits the Houston Astros against the Oakland Athletics in Los Angeles, and the Tampa Bay Rays taking on the New York Yankees in San Diego.
The NLDS features the San Diego Padres and the Los Angeles Dodgers battling in Arlington, with the Atlanta Braves and Miami Marlins squaring off in Houston.
Here's the updated bracket:
You can see that there were three upsets: the Marlins beating the Cubs, the Yankees beating the Indians, and the Astros beating the Twins. In the other five matches the higher seed won.
Here's a cut-and-paste from MLB:
Here's the link to the broadcast information.
Enjoy!
--M.C.
4 comments:
Bob Gibson dead at 84. Another one of those larger-than-life characters from my youth. Willie McCovey was like that. When you are 9 or 10 a major league baseball player is like a super-hero from the comics!
Gibson has probably the greatest post-season (it was only the World Series back then) stat line ever: 9G, 9S, 8 CG, 2 SHO, 81 IP, 55 H, 6 HR, 17 BB, 92 K, 7-2, 1.89 ERA. The only game he failed to finish he went 8 IP and then went 10 IP in another game so that's why he had 81 IP in the 9 starts. He went 3-0 in 1967 against the Red Sox, winning games 1, 4, and 7. Carl Yazstrzemski had one of the greatest seasons of all-time in 1967 and also had 10 hits and 3 HR in the Series.
Bob Gibson ... the man chiefly responsible for the lowering of the pitching mound. That guy was frighteningly good. I'm sure that Zo has memories of watching him pitch in-person. Watching him pitch on TV was quite intense, too. And, a fine person. And, a great hitter.
Many of those guys from are youth are disappearing.
They ought to consider lowering the mound again.
Whitey Ford gone today at 91. A crafty lefty. Saw many of his games live at Yankee Stadium in the park.
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