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The 1972 Major League Baseball postseason was the playoff tournament of Major League Baseball for the 1972 season. The winners of each division advance to the postseason and face each other in a League Championship Series to determine the pennant winners that face each other in the World Series.
The lack of makeups, even when they affected the playoffs, led to the Boston Red Sox losing the American League East by half a game to the Detroit Tigers, who played one more game (156 to 155). 1972 marked the first year for the Texas Rangers , who had moved to Arlington from Washington, D.C. (where they played as the Washington Senators) after ...
The 1972 National League Championship Series was the semifinal round in Major League Baseball’s 1972 postseason played between the Cincinnati Reds and the Pittsburgh Pirates from October 7 to 11. It was the fourth NLCS. Cincinnati won the series three games to two to advance to the World Series against the Oakland Athletics. The Reds became ...
October 15 – Before Game 2 of the 1972 World Series at Riverfront Stadium, MLB marks the 25th anniversary of the racial integration of its playing ranks by honoring pioneer Jackie Robinson, who broke the color barrier in the National League on April 15, 1947, and Larry Doby, who integrated the American League that same year on July 5.
Such are the spoils of having already clinched a berth in Major League Baseball’s soon-to-begin postseason. The Royals secured their spot Friday , and are back in the playoffs for the first time ...
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The 1972 American League Championship Series was the best-of-five semifinal series in Major League Baseball’s (MLB) 1972 postseason between the Oakland Athletics and the Detroit Tigers for the right to go to the 1972 World Series. The fourth edition of the ALCS was held from October 7 to October 12.
(Updated through games played Sept. 20) Major League Baseball's 2024 season is in its penultimate week with playoff spots very much up for grabs.. Things are heating up in the wild-card races in ...