October 17, 2022

1. Where to start? A wild Division Series weekend

The Dodgers are done. The Braves are done. The Mets, Cardinals, Rays and Blue Jays were already done, and now too the Mariners.

2. A preview of tonight’s lone Game 5 (7:07 ET)

Guardians vs. Yankees in New York, and the winner goes on to play the Astros in the ALCS — here’s the pitching matchup:

3. Highlights from last night’s Yankees win

Gerrit Cole was great, Harrison Bader homered again, Josh Naylor went psycho-mode rounding the bases on his home run, and the Yankees force a Game 5 to keep their season intact.

4. Highlights from the wild Padres comeback win on Saturday

At home, in front of an awesome San Diego crowd. People wearing goose hats, goose shirts, holding goose posters. The Padres on the brink of knocking out the 111-win big brother rival up the road, if they can find a way to rally.

Down 3–0 in the late innings, and then.

Best win the Padres have ever had?

5. The Padres have a new mascot

The goose is loose.

6. Highlights from the Phillies’ raucous NLDS win

Just like the Padres, the underdog division rival hosts two straight home games against an 100-plus-win team — and they win them both to take the whole series.

7. If you missed it, the Guardians’ ninth inning Game 3 rally

One of the most electric finishes to baseball game they’ve ever seen in the city of Cleveland.

8. The Padres employed “geofencing” to keep Dodger fans away

Home-field advantage combines with tech ingenuity, and it actually worked.

9. Beloved Dodgers radio broadcaster Jaime Jarrín is retiring

The longtime Spanish radio voice of the Dodgers calls it a career.

10. Oh yeah, and the Mariners lost a surreal, absurd 18-inning game without scoring a run

How. Is that. Possible!?

11. The free-pass shuffle of the year: Juan Soto

In the middle of one of the most iconic rallies in franchise history, this happened.

12. And lastly, the awkward quote of the day

Don’t make guarantees in sports, ever.