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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 .
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.
Just 21 games into the 2008 season, the Reds fired 3rd year General Manager Wayne Krivsky and replaced him with former St. Louis Cardinals General Manager Walt Jocketty. The Reds had at 9–12 record, tied for 4th in the NL Central standings at the time of the firing. It was the team's worst start since the 2003 season.
This article has been updated with new information. The quest to the 2024 World Series begins Tuesday as the final games of the MLB regular season wrapped up Monday.. The playoffs in the American ...
MLB playoff bracket: *Standings subject to change. American League Wild Card: No. 6 Kansas City Royals vs. No. 3 Houston Astros. No. 5 Detroit Tigers vs. No. 4 Baltimore Orioles. American League Byes:
A look at the playoff picture and projected starters, starting with the well-defined American League before we get to the NL mess: AL wild-card series (All games on ESPN/ESPN2/ABC)
The 2008 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 2008 season.The 104th edition of the World Series, [2] it was a best-of-seven playoff between the National League (NL) champion Philadelphia Phillies and the American League (AL) champion Tampa Bay Rays; the Phillies won the series, four games to one.
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.