Posted by thesportsjunky on October 9, 2015 · Leave a Comment
The postseason is underway in the MLB and the debates over what is most important in the second season have already started.
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Posted by thesportsjunky on October 4, 2014 · Leave a Comment
The MLB postseason is here and the sprint to the World Series has officially begun with the wild card games done and the Division Series underway. The MLB once again go into the postseason with the fairly new wild card games. In the third year of these games the debate still rages on about whether or not they are a good idea. For one side it is the fact that after 162 games everything can come down to one game. In a sport that only does series a single game elimination can seem strange.
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Posted by thesportsjunky on October 6, 2012 · Leave a Comment
The MLB started on a new path this week as the first ever Wild Card Games took place to determine the last playoff spot. These Wild Card games were created at the beginning of the season as the MLB looked for a way to add some more excitement to the postseason. A lot of the reasoning had to do with the way the 2011 season ended when everything came down to a few games in the league.
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Posted by thesportsjunky on April 5, 2012 · Leave a Comment
The MLB season has already technically started with two games in March as the MLB went to Japan for the first time. Ichiro Suzuki went home with the Seattle Seahawks to Tokyo playing in front of a huge crowd. The National League has also kicked off their season with the Miami Marlins opening their new ballpark against the defending champions.
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