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Eight Thoughts Heading Into the First Day of the Playoffs

For us baseball fans, few days are better than the one we have today. Four postseason games, back-to-back-to-back-to-back. Well, technically, there is some overlap, but that’s even better! More games means flipping channels, which means less of a chance we’ll have to sit through commercials for erectile dysfunction pills. Anyway …

We’ll get to see eight of the 12 playoff teams play this weekend, and, as a bit of a warmup, let’s run through eight things you should know—one for each team playing today—heading into the postseason.

1. A lot has been written about how the Guardians play a throwback style of baseball.