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October baseball is officially here, and there is absolutely no margin for error ~

This week, we’re recapping the Wild Card Series, checking in on the Division Series, and talking about some of the wildest moments from the first full week of the postseason!!

In this episode:

• The Braves, Padres, Yankees, and White Sox advance out of the Wild Card Series
• Why the White Sox are my Sneaky Team of the Postseason
• Drew Rasmussen’s dominant performance against the Yankees
• Why the Brewers’ roof literally became part of the defense
• Jackson Chourio’s walk-off against one of baseball’s most reliable closers
• Why the Padres are suddenly in a very uncomfortable 0–2 hole
• Where every Division Series stands and what to watch this week
• My soft take on trusting your preparation when the stakes get high

October baseball does one thing and one thing only - weed out the weak

October turns tiny moments into enormous ones. One pitch, one catch, one weird stadium ground rule, or one swing can completely change a series. 

And somehow, we’re only getting started!

*Correction: During the episode, I accidentally said Mason Miller was being stretched over “six innings.” I meant six outs, or two innings. Miller entered in the eighth inning and was being asked to record six outs instead of the typical three-out save opportunity.

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We made it to Game 162 ~

In the final weekly recap of the 2026 MLB regular season, we’re looking back at the last week of baseball before the postseason begins, including the final playoff clinches, the completed postseason bracket, season-ending leaderboards, and one very fitting final day of baseball.

In this episode:

• What “Game 162” means and why you hear it so much during the final week
• How many home teams ended their seasons with a win
• The Orioles, Diamondbacks, Athletics, Brewers and Dodgers finishing series with sweeps
• The Brewers ending the season with a franchise-record 103 wins
• Christian Yelich being named captain of the Milwaukee Brewers
• The final division and Wild Card clinches
• How the Astros secured their division on Game 162
• How the Padres, Cubs and Phillies claimed the NL Wild Card spots
• The final batting average, home run, RBI, stolen base and pitching leaders of 2026
• A look ahead at the Wild Card Series beginning tomorrow September 29

And for the final soft take of the regular season: baseball is the art of coming back tomorrow… until there isn’t another tomorrow.

Thanks for spending the 2026 regular season with me in the softest corner of sports media. 

The postseason recaps start next week!

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What do you play for when you already know you can’t win?

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As the regular season comes to an end, most of the baseball world is focused on the teams headed to October. But this episode is for everyone else: the teams that were eliminated weeks ago and still showed up to the ballpark every single day.

In this episode, we’re talking about:

• What it means to keep playing after postseason hopes are gone
• Why an eliminated team can still have plenty to play for
• The strange vulnerability of failing publicly and having to keep performing
• Why fans keep watching even when their team can’t make the playoffs
• The players, families, traditions, and communities that give “meaningless” games meaning
• Why being eliminated from one version of the future doesn’t mean your season is over
• Learning to ask “What is still worth showing up for?” instead of pretending disappointment doesn’t hurt
• And, because I couldn’t resist, a little postseason standings check before the weekend

Sometimes the dream doesn’t end. It just stops looking the way you thought it would.

At the end of the day, we show up anyway.

For the love of the game ~

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The final week of the regular season is here, and the 2026 postseason picture is still changing every day!

In this episode, I break down the clinching scenarios, active magic numbers, and elimination numbers shaping the final few games before October baseball begins!!!!

• Learn the difference between a magic number and an elimination number (also known as a tragic number)
• See which teams have already clinched a division or playoff berth
• Follow the Brewers’ race for the No. 1 seed and a first-round bye
• Get caught up on the AL Central battle between the Guardians and White Sox
• Find out why the Orioles’ postseason hopes are hanging by a thread
• Watch the Cubs, Padres, Phillies, Diamondbacks, Blue Jays, Rays, Yankees, and more as the Wild Card picture takes shape
• Preview the pivotal series that could decide who plays in October (and who goes home)

Only 12 of MLB’s 30 teams make the postseason. This is the week that tells us who they’ll be!

Who are you rooting for to make the World Series?

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We've spent all season talking about division leaders, Wild Card races, clinching scenarios and tiebreakers. But what actually happens once a team makes the postseason?

In this Tiny Baseball Lesson, we're putting the entire MLB playoff picture together from start to finish ~

We're breaking down:

• How 12 teams qualify for the postseason
• Division winners vs. Wild Card teams
• What playoff seeds actually mean
• Why the top two seeds get a first-round bye
• How the Wild Card Series works
• The ALDS and NLDS
• The ALCS and NLCS
• How home-field advantage changes between rounds
• How a team finally reaches the World Series
• Why regular-season tiebreakers suddenly matter so much in September

Plus, we walk through the postseason picture as it stands on September 14 and see what the matchups would look like if the playoffs started today.

The easiest way to remember it?

12 teams → Wild Card Series → Division Series → Championship Series → World Series.

Six months and 162 games have been building toward this. Now it's almost time to see how the season ends!!

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September baseball is officially here!! And every game matters a little more ~

In this weekly recap, we’re breaking down the numbers shaping the Race to October. First, we define the week’s vocab word, “magic number,” using the Milwaukee Brewers and Chicago Cubs to explain how teams officially clinch a division or playoff spot

Then, we get into:

• The Diamondbacks winning the tiebreaker over the Phillies
• The Blue Jays closing in on Cleveland’s final American League Wild Card spot
• The important tiebreakers that could shape both Wild Card brackets
• Why Toronto is this week’s Sneaky Wild Card Team
• The increasingly interesting Diamondbacks-Padres race
• The latest home run leaderboard
• The Braves vs Phillies, Orioles vs Blue Jays, and Rangers vs Mariners series to watch

Finally, this week’s soft take is a reminder to have fun, even when the outcome isn’t looking the way you hoped. There was once a version of you dreaming to reach the place you’re standing in now. Don’t forget to enjoy it ~

*Also, I forgot to mention two weekend sweeps! The Los Angeles Dodgers swept the Washington Nationals, and the Boston Red Sox swept the Baltimore Orioles*

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September baseball is almost here, and suddenly every game feels a little more important ~

In this week’s recap, we’re getting into the Wild Card race, the tiebreakers that could decide who makes the postseason, and the teams building momentum at exactly the right time

We’re talking:

• This week’s sweeps around MLB
• Why the Texas Rangers are my Sneaky Team of the Week
• The Royals continuing their ridiculous hot streak
• The current American League and National League Wild Card races
• What a tiebreaker actually means and how MLB decides one
• The Guardians, Orioles, Blue Jays, Diamondbacks, Padres, Phillies and Cubs races to watch
• The series that could decide important September tiebreakers
• The latest home run leaderboard
• The Triple Crown chase
• And why momentum matters so much at this point in the season

Plus, this week’s vocab word is tiebreaker, because Game 163 is gone and the postseason can now come down to what happened months earlier in the regular season.

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The beginning of the end is officially here 

Let the Wild Card Chaos begin ~~ 

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This week in baseball gave us sweeps, streaks, a historic blowout, and plenty of movement in the postseason race ~~

In this weekly recap, we’re covering everything from August 17–23, including:

• The Brewers’ unbelievable 22–0 win over the Mariners, and what makes a game a “blowout”
• Get out the broom for the 12 sweeps from this week
• Why the Kansas City Royals are my Sneaky Team of the Week
• The Phillies, Dodgers, and Guardians heating up
• The Tigers and Braves cooling down
• The latest division leaders and a snapshot of the WildCard picture
• How the Rangers currently hold the tiebreaker over the Guardians
• An update on the MLB home run leaderboard
• The Dodgers-Braves and Yankees-Red Sox series to watch this week

This week’s soft take is about baseball’s constant invitation to begin again. Whether you’re riding a winning streak or struggling through a slump, every new game offers another chance for redemption, radical self-forgiveness, and a fresh start.

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After three weeks of baseball travel, I’m finally back home and back with another weekly recap ~

In this week's episode, we discuss:

• What a shutout actually means
• My Sneaky Team of the Week: the Colorado Rockies
• The Padres, Blue Jays & Orioles heating up
• The Rangers & Guardians are struggling (aren't we all??)
• Ronald Acuña Jr.’s latest leadoff home run
• The Home Run Leaderboard
• A beginner-friendly explanation of the Wild Card standings
• The Chicago "Crosstown Series"
• Some AL East rematches to watch
• And a soft take on the Field of Dreams and why baseball is so obsessed with its past

Plus, I’m catching you up on my baseball travels through Cleveland and Kansas City, including my first time watching a game from an MLB press box!

September is getting closer, the playoff picture is tightening, and suddenly every game matters just a little bit more.

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I went to my very first SABR conference… without knowing a single person.

In this episode, I’m sharing what it was like attending the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR) annual conference in Cleveland, Ohio. From walking into a room full of strangers to finding an incredible community of baseball lovers, this weekend reminded me why I started Baseball for Girls in the first place.

In this episode, we talk about:

• My first impressions as a first-time attendee
• The committees and research topics that fascinated me most
• Touring Cleveland’s baseball history, including League Park and the Baseball Heritage Museum
• The unforgettable 1990s Cleveland baseball panel
• An unexpected invitation to watch a Guardians game from the press box
• Making baseball friends from all over the country
• Why I’ll definitely be returning to SABR next year

If you’ve ever wondered what a baseball research conference is like, or you’ve ever walked into a room wondering if you belonged, I hope this episode encourages you to take the leap anyway.

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