It's October and It's Time for Playoffs!
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Curt Schilling and Pedro Martinez are revved up. Roger Clemens and Roy Oswalt are rarin' to go...
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If the playoffs opened right now, instead of next month, the A&#39;s would face the Red Sox in the first round -- again. Boston bounced Oakland out of the postseason in five games last year, coming back from a 2-0 deficit to do so.
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The Major League Baseball playoffs are set to begin Tuesday after a regular season that provided lots of excitement. The Houston Astros had been pre-season favorites to make the National League playoffs, but
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The AFC championship game will be played 6:30 pm EST next month, meaning a potentially frosty atmosphere in Pittsburgh or New England.
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A month should be enough time to figure out the character of a football team, to pick up the direction of a season that is now almost half-over.
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The Patriots have earned a first-round bye and will play their first playoff game at 4:30 p.m. on either Saturday, Jan. 15 or Sunday, Jan. 16. Here's a look at their possible opponents and how each could earn a trip to Foxborough to face the defending Super Bowl champions that weekend.
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The greatest pleasure in October is watching a knock-down, drag-out baseball playoff series. That's the case with the ALCS, which has tantalizing possibilities this weekend.
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â¢ St. Louis (105-57, first place in NL Central) coasted into the postseason. The Cardinals split their final 26 games of the season but still finished 13 games ahead
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For your background pleasure, it seems appropriate to resuscitate what has to be one of the greatest postgame press conferences ever. Ladies and gentlemen, Mr. Jim Mora on the topic of playoffs . . .
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Red Sox Nation vs. Cardinals Nation. Redbirds vs. Red Sox. Can we start this thing off by banning each and every use of the phrase &quot;Red October&quot; right now?
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The American League playoff teams are set. All that remains to be determined are the first-round matchups.
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Major League Soccer's Eastern Conference teams are attempting to redefine or rejuvenate themselves for late-season playoff runs.
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Ah, mid-October in lovely New England. The famously breathtaking fall foliage, historical landmarks on almost every corner, pumpkin picking, clam bakes on the Cape. An autumnal paradise. It's the last place the Cleveland Indians wanted to be. Not now, anyway.
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Ciphering out the playoffs can test any man's (or woman's) patience. To wit: I still can't believe that the Redskins are in if they win. The same Redskins who skidded through the end of November on a four-game losing streak. If they should lose to the no-doubt-resting-their-starters Cowboys, the Vikings and the Saints are standing [...].
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Set aside, for a moment, the Twelve Days of Christmas. And consider what the coming holiday season would be like with the Twelve Teams of Playoffs.
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Chris Carpenter coasted into the playoffs last season. This year, he's been dominant down the stretch.
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The matches that matter most are supposed to be the semifinals this weekend, but playoffs to gain a spot next year, also this weekend, have the bigger buzz.