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With this win, the Giants moved up to 2–1 against the Cardinals in the postseason. The Giants became the first team in MLB history to overcome both a 2–0 and 3–1 series deficit in the Division Series and League Championship Series respectively to reach the World Series.
On November 22, 2011, a new contract between Major League Baseball and its players union was ratified, and as a result, an expanded playoff format adding two clubs would be adopted no later than 2013 according to the new Collective Bargaining Agreement. [2] The new format of the 2012 postseason to used the 1 game series of the Wild Card round ...
The 2012 American League Wild Card Game was a play-in game during Major League Baseball's (MLB) 2012 postseason played between the American League's (AL) two wild-card teams, the Texas Rangers and the Baltimore Orioles. It was held at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, Texas, on October 5, 2012, at 8:37 p.m. EDT. [1]
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. [1] The 2–3 format was used for best-of-five Championship Series rounds prior to 1985 and for the Division Series rounds from 1995 to 1997. The matchups for the 2012 ALDS were:
The best teams not reaching the World Series? That's a grand old baseball tradition.
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 ...
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.
To create a division standings template for a given MLB division and year: Create the template with the name Template:<year> <AL or NL> <East, Central, or West> standings. For example: Template:2013 AL Central standings; Use the {{MLB standings}} template as shown in the usage example above. The teams must be listed in the correct standings order.