With the launch of the National League Championship Series tonight, fans will be present at a Globe Life Field game for the first time. What they experience may carry over into the 2021 spring training and regular seasons. (more…)
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Fans to be at National League Championship Series, World Series
It’s official: Major League Baseball will sell tickets to a limited number of fans at the National League Championship Series and the World Series at Globe Life Field in Arlington, TX. (more…)
Manfred: There will be fans at NLCS, World Series
MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred says he expects fans to be present at the National League Championship Series and the World Series games at Texas’s Globe Life Field, with ticket information due shortly. (more…)
MLB moving toward postseason play in Texas, California
We’re seeing MLB refining plans for postseason bubbles in Texas and California ballparks, with the American League playoffs in California, the National League playoffs in Texas and the World Series at Globe Life Field. (more…)
MLB postseason bubble research continues
We reported on this scenario last week, and apparently momentum is building on a MLB postseason bubble built along the lines of what the NHL set up for its 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs in two Canadian cities. (more…)
MLB looking at playoff scenarios, including a bubble at a neutral site: report
MLB is mulling several scenarios for managing the 2020 playoffs, including setting up a bubble environment and playing all the games at a warm-weather single site, as the specter of losing a competitor to a COVID-19 outbreak is looming over postseason planning. (more…)
2020 MLB playoffs expanded to 16 teams
If you have the feeling this season is largely improvised, here’s another example: the 2020 MLB playoffs will be expanded to 16 teams, making it highly likely a sub-.500 team will be invited to the big dance. (more…)