October causes chaos in MLB postseason

October causes chaos in MLB postseason

By ETHAN CUNDIFF Staff Writer

Chaos? Yes, chaos. According to Webster’s Dictionary, chaos means a state of utter confusion. That has been the story of this baseball season and probably the same story for the postseason.

This year we had four teams play 163 games in a typical 162 game season; which was the first time ever in MLB history. Both the National League central and west division had two teams tied for first place. Both leagues hosted an additional game to act as a tie–breaker going into tournament play.

On Monday, Oct. 1st we saw two tie–breaking games. The Milwaukee Brewers faced the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley field. The second game fautured the Colorado Rockies facing the Los Angeles Dodgers. Both the Dodgers and Brewers went on to win the game and their respective division.

This is where things will get interesting. The postseason started Tuesday with the wildcard games and divisional games starting Thursday Oct. 4. With those tie–breaking games; makes it a lot easier for the Brewers because now they have homefield advantage for the rest of postseason.

Looking at the American League side we have not gotten that much excitement. The American League postseason was set with just a week left to go in the regular season. The frontrunner to come out of this division is the Red Sox.

I’m not going to say we are not going to see any chaos is the American League, but the Red Sox have run the tables all year. Can the Astros make some noise and throw them off their game? Who knows.

With everything that has gone on this season and all the craziness that we saw coming down the stretch, be ready for something crazy to happen. You saw it in 2004 when the Red Sox came down from 3–0 in the ALCS.

Do the heavyweights come out on top in each division? Do we see some underdog magic? I can not tell you what to expect because I don’t know. I can only warn you to be ready for the chaos of October.