2008 MLB Playoffs
October 1-30, 2008
October 1-30, 2008
MLB Postseason Schedule
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Second Round MLB Playoffs
League Championship Series
ALCS Championship Tampa Bay Rays vs. Boston Red Sox
(Ray won Series 4-3)
- Game 1 Fin.-----Red Sox 2 - 0 Rays
- Game 2 Fin.-----Red Sox 8 - 9 Rays
- Game 3 Fin.-----Rays 9 - 1 Red Sox
- Game 4 Fin.-----Rays 13 - 4 Red Sox
- Game 5 Fin.-----Rays 7 - 8 Red Sox
- Game 6 Fin.-----Red Sox 4 - 2 Rays
- Game 7 Fin.-----Red Sox 1 - 3 Rays
NLCS ChampionShip - Los Angeles Dodgers vs Philadelphia Phillies
Phillies won series 4-1
- Game 1 Fin. Dodgers 2 - 3 Phillies
- Game 2 Fin. Dodgers 5 - 8 Phillies
- Game 3 Fin. Phillies 2 - 7 Dodgers
- Game 4 Fin. Phillies 7 - 5 Dodegers
- Game 5 Fin. Phillies 5 - 1 Dodegers
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World Series Games Schedule
ALCS vs. Philadelphia Phillies
- Game 1 October 22, 2008
- Game 2 October 23, 2008
- Game 3 October 25, 2008
- Game 4 October 26, 2008
- Game 5 October 27, 2008
- Game 6 October 29, 2008
- Game 7 October 30, 2008
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League Division Series Results
American League Division Series Games
- Game 1 Fin. White Sox 4 - 6 Tampa Bay Rays
- Game 2 Fin. White Sox 2 - 6 Tampa Bay Rays
- Game 3 Fin. Tampa Bay Ray 3 - 5 White Sox
- Game 4 Fin. Tampa Bay Ray 6 - 2 White Sox
- Game 1 Fin. Boston Red Sox 4-1 LA Angeles
- Game 2 Fin. Boston Red Sox 7-5 LA Angeles
- Game 3 Fin. LA Angeles 5-4 Boston Red Sox
- Game 4 Fin. LA Angeles 2-3 Boston Red Sox
National League Division Series Games
- Game 1 Fin. Los Angeles Dodgers 7 - 2 Chicago Cubs
- Game 2 Fin. Los Angeles Dodgers 10-3 Chicago Cubs
- Game 3 Fin. Chicago Cubs 1 - 3 Los Angeles Dodgers
- Game 1 Fin. Milwaukee Brewers 1 - 3 Philadelphia Phillies
- Game 2 Fin. Milwaukee Brewers 2 - 5 Philadelphia Phillies
- Game 3 Fin. Philadelphia Phillies 1 - 4 Milwaukee Brewers
- Game 4 Fin. Philadelphia Phillies 6 - 2 Milwaukee Brewers
TV Coverage: TBS FOX ESPN
Relate information:
- 2008 MLB Standings
- 2008 MLB Postseason Bracket and Predictions
- 2009 MLB Regular Season Schedule
- 2008 World Seires
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MLB Postseason Background
When the regular season ends after the first Sunday in October , eight teams enter the post-season playoffs. Six teams are division champions; the remaining two "wild-card" spots are filled by the team in each league that has the best record but is not a division champion (best second-place team). Three rounds of series to determine the champion:
1. American League Division Series and National League Division Series, each a best-of-five game series (Division Playoffs)
2. American League Championship Series and National League Championship Series, each a best-of-seven game series played between the surviving teams from the ALDS and NLDS (Championship Playoffs)
3. World Series, a best-of-seven game series played between the champions of each league.
The division winners are seeded 1-3 based on record. The wild-card team is the 4 seed, regardless of its record. The match up for the first round of the playoffs is usually 1 seed vs. 4 seed and 2 seed vs. 3 seed, unless the wild-card team is from the same division as the 1 seed, in which case the match up is 1 seed vs. 3 seed and 2 seed vs. 4 seed, as teams from the same division cannot meet in the 1st round. In the first and second round of the playoffs, the better seeded team has home-field advantage, regardless of record.
As all playoff series are split between the two teams' home fields, "home field advantage" does not play a significant role unless the series goes to its maximum number of games, in which case the final game takes place at the field of the team holding the advantage.
Credit Background: Wikipedia
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