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The postseason began on October 5, 2012, and ended on October 28, 2012, with the Giants sweeping the Tigers in the 2012 World Series. It was the second title in three years for the Giants and their seventh overall. This is the last postseason in which the defending champions made the postseason in a leap year. [5] [6] [7]
The new format of the 2012 postseason to used the 1 game series of the Wild Card round of the format for the 2012 postseason only. [3] The restriction against divisional rivals playing against each other in the Division Series round that had existed in previous years was eliminated, as the Baltimore Orioles and New York Yankees squared off in ...
The three divisional winners and a fourth team—the winner of a one-game Wild Card playoff— played in two series. TBS carried most of the games, with some on MLB Network or TNT. The series used the 2–3 format for 2012 because on March 2 the league had implemented the new "wild card" playoff, eliminating the travel day between Games 4 and 5 ...
The 2012 American League Championship Series was a best-of-seven playoff in Major League Baseball's 2012 postseason pitting the top-seeded New York Yankees against the third-seeded Detroit Tigers for the American League pennant and the right to play in the 2012 World Series. The series, the 43rd in league history, began on Saturday, October 13 ...
March 2 – Major League Baseball expands its playoff format to 10 teams for the 2012 season, adding a second wild card in each league. The decision establishes a new one-game, wild-card round in each league between the teams with the best records. [7] March 16 – Andy Pettitte comes out of retirement to a $2.5 million deal with the New York ...
Under such a format, for instance, the MLB-leading Braves would've opened the playoffs against the San Diego Padres, a team that barely eclipsed .500 (82-80) with 22 fewer wins than Atlanta.
The best teams not reaching the World Series? That's a grand old baseball tradition.
MLB power rankings: Late-season collapse threatens Royals and Twins' MLB playoff hopes The top two teams from each league enter at the division series stage, with a best-of-five format in place.