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Bring back the one-game Wild Card playoff

Major League Baseball’s one-game Wild Card existed for ten seasons from 2012 to 2021 (it was not used in the gross and disgusting 2020 season). In those nine seasons, the top two non-division winners ...
“It’s New York against Boston,” said manager Alex Cora. “It’s gonna be big.” ...
Until Thursday night, a Wild Card team that lost Game 1 of the three-game series had never advanced to the ALDS or NLDS. That is, until the New York Yankees leaned on their rookie pitcher, Cam ...
The Royals’ 2021 pitching staff wasn’t particularly successful but five members were in the MLB playoffs this season.
The New York Yankees had Aroldis Chapman on the ropes. Their former closer had been in that position before, and toward the end of his tenure in pinstripes, his ...
The New York Yankees host the Boston Red Sox on Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2025 in Game 1 of a best-of-three AL Wild Card Series at ...
The compelling best-of-three Wild Card Series will be decided on Thursday night at Yankee Stadium, with the winner advancing ...