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[plumtreeblossom]

I don't follow baseball, or any sport for that matter, but I feel I should have at least a faint wisp of working knowledge on this*. Please tell me, what exactly is going on with the Red Sox right now? Are they having a really good season or something? Explain in layman's terms, if you please. Large print optional.




_{* Understand, the only reason I happened to watch any of the 2004 World Series winning games was because the cast of Murder In The Cathedral, which I was in, would rush to someone's TV-having house after the rehearsals/performances to watch the games, and my social options were to go along or sit home alone, so I went along. But after that I forgot all about baseball.}

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[http://users.livejournal.com/_mattt/]

The Red Sox are good.

Baseball is split into two leagues: the American League and the National League. Four teams from each League make the playoffs at the end of the regular season.

The Red Sox made the playoffs*.

They then went on to win their first round** of the playoffs against the Los Angeles Angels.

There's a whole other first round American League playoff game (remember, four teams, so two matches). That was between the Cleveland Indians and the New York Yankees. The Cleveland Indians won that series because the Yankees suck.

Now the Cleveland Indians and Boston Red Sox must play each other in the second round of the playoffs***. The winner will be champion of the American League.

No one cares about the National League (although seriously, the exact same thing is going on there).

The winner of the American League and National League will face each other in the World Series.

Because series are so long, and games are played sometimes every other day, you will get the impression that the second round is going on forever.

I hope this helps.

* Each league as three divisions. The winner of each division makes the playoff, plus the team with the best record who did not win a division. The Red Sox won the Eastern division of the American League.
** The first round is a best of five series, and is called the divisional series.
*** The second round is a best of seven series, and is called the championship series.

[surrealestate.livejournal.com]

Given that you already know how much fun it is, you should come over here to watch a game again.

[ron_newman]

Something you may want to be aware of: the postseason schedule. The fifth and sixth games of the World Series (if necessary) are on the same nights as two of the Post-Meridian Radio Players shows. Times are not yet set.

[slammerkinbabe.livejournal.com]

The Red Sox are in the playoffs. But not the World Series yet. But they might get there. They have a good pitcher that they brought over from Japan and now half of the Red Sox shirts have their logos in Japanese.

I do not know anything else except what I have said above. So I shouldn't be replying at all. But I thought there was a regrettable lack of large print in all the other responses. So here you are.