October 3, 2017

Post-season MLB Games Begin

Tonight, the New York Yankees and the Boston Red Sox play a single game to see which team will be given a chance eventually to play in Major League Baseball’s World Season.  MLB’s regular 162-game season—i.e., a season of 162 games for each MLB team—is complete, and the most successful teams now advance to what is being called the Postseason.

MLB logo for the “Postseason”
As I wrote on my Web site seven years ago, “Postseason,” as a noun, is a horrible neologism. (See “Postseason.”) There is no season having to do with posts. The playoffs that begin tonight would better be designated the MLB “Playoffs” or “Championships” Perhaps “World Series Tournament” would be a good name.

Read the essay on Lionel Deimel’s Farrago and see what you think.




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Posted by Lionel Deimel at 5:23 PM

2 comments:

  1. Tech IT SolutionsOctober 11, 2017 at 12:35 PM

    Let's hope may the best team wins but is there no telecast of this game? I was searching for this but couldn't find anything.

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  2. Lionel DeimelOctober 13, 2017 at 3:39 PM

    Games have been on FS1 and TBS, both cable channels. I don’t think they’re available on the Internet except by subscription. The World Series will be on Fox.

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