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MLB playoff bracket format, rules and wild-card standings: Live
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Dodgers Officially Clinch 10th Straight Playoff Berth After MLB's
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Twins hold on to beat Angels 8-6 and clinch AL Central title
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Dodgers 1st team to clinch a playoff spot, rout Padres 11-2
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Brewers 16, Marlins 1: Milwaukee clinches playoff spot in rout
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Dodgers 1st Team to Clinch a Playoff Spot, Rout Padres 11-2 – NBC
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October baseball arrives with 12-team bracket set and postseason
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MLB playoffs: Cubs hope whiskey shot isn't end of their celebration
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Dodgers 11, Cubs 1: L.A. slams door on Cubs, clinch first World
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Plaschke: The Dodgers will win the 2023 World Series title - Los
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MLB playoff clinching scenarios for Cubs, Marlins, Astros
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The Dodgers face a familiar narrative this October