The Playoff---Cruel battling and Ultimate Champion.

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As I have mentioned before, both NL and AL have three divisions. After the fierce competition of 162 games, the team with best score is the champion of that division, and they are qualified to play the Playoff (a.k.a. Postseason) games. The last ticket for the Playoff belongs to the wild card, which is the team whose score are the best two among the other 12 teams. Nevertheless, this rule remains controversial because these two teams have to head each other in advance to be allowed to compete with divisional champions. The graph below shows the mechanism.

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After the competition, 8 teams will be divided into 4 groups to present ALDS and NLDS (American/National League Divisional Series) and so on.

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When the round is over, here comes ALCS and NLCS ( AL/ NL Champion Series) and the series winners will be permitted to perform the ultimate class of MLB - The World Series (WS).

#6.2014 ALDS ring (Kansas City Royals)

The team winning this series can enjoy the dubbed title, which means the most priceless glory- The World Champion.

#4. NY Yankees won the WS of 2009.

#5.2014WS ring (San Francisco Giants)

Legendary Facts about WS:

1.          Curse of the Goat: In 1945, a fan of Chicago Cubs brought a goat into the stadium, but before the game set, the owner forced the fan and his goat to exit. The furious fan then cursed that Cubs would never get a WS champion again.

2.          Perfect Guy – Don Larson.

This normal pitcher completed an unprecedented feat in the WS in 1956. The Yankee pitcher Don Larson tossed a perfect game in WS! Until now, no one can keep up with this incredible record.

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3.          The Magical Mad Bum:

Madison Bumgarner, the pitcher of San Francisco Giants tossed 3 games in 7 days, holding a 0.43ERA in 21.0 innings (the lower the ERA is, the better the pitcher is), which helps Giants shattered KC Royals and grabbed the WS Champion of 2014.(reference:  http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/bumgama01.shtml, http://www.axs.com/news/madison-bumgarner-adds-to-world-series-legend-puts-giants-one-win-from-25417

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#7.Mad Bum.

There are still a lot of funny things in postseason history, if u wanna understand more, just Google it!

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Appendix and worth-sharing stuffs. :

1.          Ichiro Legend lol:

2.          Prepare the contract! Agents!:

3.Is that……Gymnastics, Prado!?

Photo sources:

#1.: http://www.sportingnews.com/mlb/story/2015-10-04/mlb-playoffs-2015-bracket-fill-out-teams-dates-times-tv-astros-rangers

#2.: https://cardinalredbaseball.wordpress.com/2015/08/17/2015-post-season-schedule/

#3.: http://www.canadianbaseballnetwork.com/canadian-baseball-network-articles/2015/10/7/would-you-believe-the-blue-jays-are-world-series-vegas-faves

#4.: http://bats.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/04/live-analysis-world-series-game-6-phillies-at-yankees/?_r=0

#5.: http://archives.sfexaminer.com/sanfrancisco/giants-receive-2014-world-series-rings/Content?oid=2927097

#6.: http://www.kmbc.com/news/kansas-city-royals-presented-with-2014-alcs-rings/32216890

#7.: http://linemakers.sportingnews.com/article/4609067-mlb-odds-picks-dodgers-giants-series-betting-line-las-vegas-prediction