MLB Playoff Preview: The Stars and Storylines of October
The Lead
Wondery
3.9 • 2.2K Ratings
🗓️ 7 October 2022
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
After a six-month sprint through the regular season, the MLB Playoffs get underway on Friday. To get us ready for October, The Athletic’s Stephen Nesbitt joins the show to look at the stars and storylines that will define the postseason, including Aaron Judge and the Yankees hoping to harness their first-half dominance, Mookie Betts and the Dodgers aiming to build on a 111-win season, and a slightly different path for the Braves as they try to earn a rare World Series repeat.
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| 0:43.0 | Every day when the game starts, I look up those banners. |
| 0:49.0 | We need to add another one. |
| 0:56.0 | We've got big games ahead of us and we need you with us. But for tonight, let's party! |
| 1:07.0 | In Seattle and all across Major League Baseball, the party is now in the rearview mirror. |
| 1:13.0 | And after a six-month journey through the regular season, it is finally time to get things started in the playoffs. |
| 1:20.0 | If we're going to the left to make sure that you're going to burn in the blue chains, we'll get on. |
| 1:30.0 | Now, can we look you in it? |
| 1:37.0 | Today, the Athletics Steven Nezbit joins us to look at the stars and storylines that will define the 2022 postseason |
| 1:44.0 | and the landscape for the contenders who fought their way to a first round by. |
| 1:58.0 | From Wondering, I'm Tiffany Oshinsky. It's Friday, October 7th, and this is The Lead. |
| 2:04.0 | Hold that bottle and put me one more time to tell me how great this celebration is going to be. |
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| 2:15.0 | Of course, the play of Start today, Friday, and we'll start our preview with the A.L. Wild card round. |
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