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The 2008 Major League Baseball season began on March 25, 2008, in Tokyo, Japan with the 2007 World Series champion Boston Red Sox defeating the Oakland Athletics at the Tokyo Dome 6–5 (in 10 innings) in the first game of a two-game series, [1] [2] and ended on September 30 with the host Chicago White Sox defeating the Minnesota Twins in a one-game playoff to win the AL Central.
A wild card team appeared in the World Series each year from 2002 to 2007. The 2002, 2014, and 2023 World Series have been the only times when both teams were wild cards. The Baltimore Orioles, in 1996, were the first wild card team to win a Division Series. The Marlins, in 1997, were the first wild card team to reach and first to win the World ...
The 2008 American League Division Series (ALDS), the first round of the 2008 American League playoffs in Major League Baseball’s (MLB) 2008 postseason, consisted of two best-of-five series to determine the two participants in the 2008 American League Championship Series.
The 2008 Major League Baseball postseason was the playoff tournament of Major League Baseball for the 2008 season. The winners of the Division Series would move on to the League Championship Series to determine the pennant winners that face each other in the World Series .
Here's a full look at the MLB postseason picture: AL wild card standings. Top three reach playoffs. Baltimore Orioles (86-68): +5 games. Kansas City Royals (82-72): +1 game. Minnesota Twins (81-73)
The Chicago White Sox celebrate after defeating the Minnesota Twins 1–0 to win the 2008 American League Central. A tie-breaker was required in Major League Baseball (MLB) when two or more teams were tied at the end of the regular season for a postseason position such as a league pennant (prior to the introduction of the League Championship Series in 1969), a division title, or a wild card spot.
MLB power rankings: Late-season collapse threatens Royals and Twins' MLB playoff hopes. ... 2024 MLB postseason schedule Wild Card Series (Best-of-3): October 1: ALWC A & B Game 1, ...
How MLB wild card tiebreakers work. The recent introduction of tiebreakers instead of a 163rd game to settle ties in the standings complicates the Tigers' magic number equation. The tiebreakers ...