Sunday's games across baseball are synchronized with all 15 contests starting between 3:05 and 3:20 p.m. ET so by dinner time, MLB's playoff picture should be official. The playoffs begin on Tuesday with the best-of-three wild card series.

Lou Brock set a World Series record with three stolen bases in Game 7 of the 1967 series with the Red Sox. His feat stands alone in the record book and had a hand in St. Louis coming out on top to raise the trophy. The largest margin of victory in a World Series Game 7 is 11 runs.

This is a far cry from the rest of the MLB postseason. The Divisional Series are best-of-five series, and the Championship Series and World Series both consist of a best-of-seven series format. Which begs the question: Why is the Wild Card round a best-of-three?

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All four have been played in the past two decades. The most recent was Game 3 of the 2025 World Series between the Los Angeles Dodgers and Toronto Blue Jays. The Dodgers beat the Blue Jays 6-5 on a walk-off home run by Freddie Freeman, taking a 2-1 series lead.

Dave Roberts' decision to move Mookie Betts to the cleanup spot in Game 6 of the World Series paid off with a two-run single in the third inning.