The 162-game marathon is finally over. There will be a new World Series champion this year, with Boston not partaking in October.
Everyone’s sentimental favorite will be the Kansas City Royals. They’re in the postseason for the first time since 1985, which is the only year Kansas City won the World Series.
Last year, Pittsburgh was the feel good story, but now they’ve reached the postseason for back-to-back seasons for the first time since ’91-’92.
There’s a lot of familiar teams in as well, like Detroit, San Francisco, St. Louis and both Los Angeles ball clubs.
Here’s the postseason schedule:
DIVISION SERIES FORMAT
LDS 1 — No. 1 seed vs. wild-card winner;
LDS 2 — No. 2 seed vs. No. 3 seed
No. 1 & 2 seeds host Games 1, 2 & 5;
WC winners & No. 3 seeds host Games 3 & 4
NATIONAL LEAGUE DIVSION SERIES — FOX Sports 1 or MLB Network
NLDS 1 — No. 1 seed (Nationals) vs. wild-card winner (Pirates/Giants)
NLDS 2 — No. 2 seed (Dodgers) vs. No. 3 seed (Cardinals)
Friday, Oct. 3: Game 1’s — FOX Sports 1
Saturday, Oct 4: Game 2’s — FS1 or MLBN
Monday, Oct. 6: Game 3’s — FS1 or MLBN
Tuesday, Oct. 7: Game 4’s — FS1-x
Thursday, Oct. 9: Game 5’s — FS1-x
AMERICAN LEAGUE DIVISION SERIES — TBS
ALDS 1 — No. 1 seed (Angels) vs. wild-card winner (Royals/A’s)
ALDS 2 — No. 2 seed (Orioles) vs. No. 3 seed (Tigers)
Thursday, Oct. 2: Game 1’s
Friday, Oct. 3: Game 2’s
Sunday, Oct. 5: Game 3’s
Monday, Oct. 6: Game 4’s-x
Wednesday, Oct. 8: Game 5’s-x
NL CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES — FOX or FOX Sports 1
Saturday, Oct. 11: Game 1 at higher seed — FOX
Sunday, Oct. 12: Game 1 at higher seed — FS1
Tuesday, Oct. 14: Game 3 at lower seed — FS1
Wednesday, Oct. 15: Game 4 at lower seed — FS1
Thursday, Oct. 16: Game 5 at lower seed — FS1-x
Saturday, Oct. 18: Game 6 at higher seed — FOX-x
Sunday, Oct. 19: Game 7 at higher seed — FS1-x
AL CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES — TBS
Friday, Oct. 10: Game 1 at higher seed
Saturday, Oct. 11: Game 2 at higher seed
Monday, Oct. 13: Game 3 at lower seed
Tuesday, Oct. 14: Game 4 at lower seed
Wednesday, Oct. 15: Game 5 at lower seed-x
Friday, Oct. 17: Game 6 at higher seed-x
Saturday, Oct. 18: Game 7 at higher seed-x
WORLD SERIES — FOX
Tuesday, Oct. 21: Game 1 at AL
Wednesday, Oct. 22: Game 2 at AL
Friday, Oct. 24: Game 3 at NL
Saturday, Oct. 25: Game 4 at NL
Sunday, Oct. 26: Game 5 at NL-x
Tuesday, Oct. 28: Game 6 at AL-x
Wednesday, Oct. 29: Game 7 at AL-x