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In baseball, the Division Series is the official name for the first round of the Major League Baseball playoffs. BASEBALL SUCKS!!! A view of the playing field at Busch Stadium II St. ...
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The first use of the term "Division Series" dates from 1981, when due to a mid-season players' strike, that season was divided into two halves, with the winners of each half from each division playing one another in a best-of-five series to decide which team would represent that division in the League Championship Series (this format being common in minor-league baseball). But because the two halves of the season were independent of one another, the winner of the first half had no real incentive to try and win the second half as well (since, unlike in the minor leagues, if the same team did win both halves it was not given a bye into the next round), and a team that won neither half could have actually had the best overall record in the division; indeed, the latter actually occurred, as the Cincinnati Reds not only had the best won-lost record (in both halves of the season combined) among the six teams in the National League's Western Division (to which they belonged at the time), but the Reds had the best overall winning percentage in all of Major League Baseball, yet did not advance to the playoffs because they did not finish first in either of the two halves. 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Best-of-five playoff is a sport event which consists of a competition between two teams head-to-head which must win three games to win the series. ...
The League Championship Series is the official name for a round of playoffs in Major League Baseball. ...
Major league affiliations National League (1890-present) Central Division (1994-present) Current uniform Ballpark Great American Ball Park (2003-present) Major league titles World Series titles (5) 1990 • 1976 • 1975 • 1940 1919 NL Pennants (9) 1990 • 1976 • 1975 • 1972 1970 • 1961 • 1940 • 1939 1919 AA Pennants (1) 1882 Central Division...
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In 1994, both the National League and the American League realigned, with the number of divisions in both increasing from two to three (with fewer teams in each). At the same time, the number of teams qualifying for baseball's postseason was doubled, from four to eight; henceforth the three first-place teams from each league's divisions would reach the postseason, along with one wild card team from each league (the latter being the second-place finisher with the best regular-season record). However, this expanded playoff format would not make its debut until the following year, because a players' strike, which began on August 12, 1994, led to the cancellation of that season's playoffs and World Series (and caused the 1995 regular season to have 18 fewer games for each team than normal). 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by United Nations. ...
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American League The American League (or formally the American League of Professional Baseball Clubs) is one of two leagues that make up Major League Baseball in the United States of America and Canada. ...
In North American professional sports leagues, the term wild card refers to a team that qualifies for championship playoffs without winning their specific subdivision (usually called a conference or division) outright. ...
August 12 is the 224th day of the year (225th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ...
1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by United Nations. ...
For other events named World Series, see World Series (disambiguation). ...
1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Throughout its existence, the Division Series has been best-of-five; however, both the method of awarding home-field advantage in the series and which games the team getting the advantage would host were changed in 1998. Before that year, the Eastern, Central and Western Division champions rotated home-site priority, with two of them getting the extra home game and the third one and the wild card not; since 1998 the two division champions with the best regular-season records have been accorded this privilege. Beginning in the same year, the team having home-field advantage has hosted the first, second and (if necessary) fifth games; before that the team with the disadvantage played the first two games at home and the team with the advantage the last three. Best-of-five playoff is a sport event which consists of a competition between two teams head-to-head which must win three games to win the series. ...
1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ...
1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ...
Criticism of scheduling
There has been some criticism on how Major League Baseball schedules Division Series games. Teams with large national fan followings like the New York Yankees are almost always scheduled to play in primetime at 8pm ET/5pm PT to generate the highest TV ratings. As a result, West Coast teams generally have to play on the road at 1pm ET/10am PT when many of their fans are unable to watch the game because they are at work.[1] [2] Major league affiliations American League (1901-present) East Division (1969-present) Current uniform Ballpark Yankee Stadium (1923-present) Major league titles World Series titles (26) 2000 • 1999 • 1998 • 1996 1978 • 1977 • 1962 • 1961 1958 • 1956 • 1953 • 1952 1951 • 1950 • 1949 • 1947 1943 • 1941 • 1939 • 1938 1937 • 1936 • 1932 • 1928 1927...
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See also In Major League Baseball, the National League Division Series (NLDS) determine which two teams from the National League will advance to the National League Championship Series. ...
In Major League Baseball, the American League Division Series (ALDS) determines which two teams from the American League will advance to the American League Championship Series. ...
References - ^ Street, Jim (2006-10-04). Mailbag: Was Penny the right choice?. MLB.com. Retrieved on 2006-10-07.
- ^ Kroner, Steve. "Blame it on TV -- but not always Baseball, too, wants top draw for prime time", San Francisco Chronicle, 2005-10-14. Retrieved on 2006-10-07.
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