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The 2007 National League Championship Series (NLCS), the second round of the National League side in Major League Baseball’s 2007 postseason, began on October 11 and ended on October 15. It was a best-of-seven series, with the West Division champion and top-seeded Arizona Diamondbacks facing the divisional rival wild card winner Colorado ...
The four division winners are seeded 1–4 based on their overall won-lost-tied record, and the wild card teams are seeded 5–6. The NFL does not use a fixed bracket playoff system, and there are no restrictions regarding teams from the same division matching up in any round.
The 2007 National League Division Series (NLDS), the opening round of the 2007 National League playoffs, began on Wednesday, October 3 and ended on Saturday, October 6, with the champions of the three NL divisions and one wild card team participating in two best-of-five series.
The 2007 National League Wild Card tie-breaker game was a one-game extension to Major League Baseball's (MLB) 2007 regular season, played between the San Diego Padres and Colorado Rockies of the National League's (NL) West Division to determine the NL wild card. It was played at Coors Field in Denver, Colorado, on October 1, 2007.
The 2007 NFL season was the 88th regular season of the National Football League ... In the first round, dubbed the wild-card playoffs or wild-card weekend, ...
The Diamondbacks would not return to the postseason again until 2011, and this was their last appearance in the NLCS until 2023, where they defeated the Philadelphia Phillies in seven games to return to the World Series. Both these teams would meet again in the 2017 NL Wild Card Game, which was won by the Diamondbacks.
The 2007 Major League Baseball season began on April 1 with a rematch of the 2006 National League Championship Series; the St. Louis Cardinals and New York Mets played the first game of the season at Busch Stadium in St. Louis, Missouri, which was won by the Mets, 6–1.
In 1978, the NFL expanded its playoffs pool from 8 to 10 teams, requiring the addition of another round of playoffs. From 1978 to 1989, this round featured one game per conference between the two wild-card (non-division winners) and thus the name "Wild Card" round.