Will Leitch

As fun as this postseason has been -- and how it already has an all-timer of an October highlight with the the first 8-5-3 double play in playoff history that ended Game 2 of the Braves-Phillies National League Division Series -- one thing we haven’t seen yet is a decisive

And now there are only four. After two rounds of postseason series in which we, alas, didn’t have a single dual-elimination game -- and only two series that weren’t sweeps -- there are only three more series for us to watch: the National League Championship Series, the American League Championship

At last, we know the four teams that will populate each of our League Championship Series. We have the Phillies, a raucous, brash and joyously intense team with a home crowd that matches their unique charisma and noise. We have the D-backs, the most unlikely team to have made it

Game 3 of any series is always a pivot game, regardless of what has happened in the first two. If it’s a 1-1 split, obviously, the winner takes over the clear advantage. But if it’s 2-0, like it is right now in the Rangers-Astros ALCS, Game 3 lets you know

The Astros’ win over the Rangers on Wednesday night assured that Thursday will not, in fact, be the last day of the season with two games on the schedule: We get to do this again on Friday. But the Rangers’ loss makes Thursday that much more pivotal. The D-backs are

No one player can win or lose a championship: This isn’t the NBA. Every roster spot is its own cog, every matchup is just one man against another man -- you can’t hit a six-run homer. Neither Ted Williams nor Barry Bonds, we remind you, won a World Series. But

So! It’s fair to say that Halloween was not a night full of suspense and spooky intrigue in the World Series: Game 4 was essentially over by the third inning. And while the D-backs did their best to make it respectable in the late innings, the 11-7 final score made

It is difficult enough to reach the postseason, and even harder, once you’ve made it there, to win. Postseason wins should never be taken for granted. Because you never know how long it will take you to get another one. So today, we step into the wayback machine -- some

All right, so the Hot Stove is just now starting to warm up, and none of the big dominos have fallen. We don’t know where any of the top free agents are going, or what trades teams are going to make, or even, in some cases, who is going to

The Texas Rangers have won the World Series! Do not let the start of free agency make us forget the awesome thing that just happened. That franchise had never won a title, and now it has. The title is the culmination of years of frustration, but also the culmination of