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The Dodgers are excited to begin the road to their first World Series in 32 years, even without fans in a weirdly quiet stadium against a mediocre opponent.

The Cubs lost 5-1 to the Marlins in Game 1 of the Wild Card Series.

The Cubs lost 5-1 to the Marlins in Game 1 of the Wild Card Series.

It took one playoff game as a manager for David Ross to join a Hall of Fame-caliber class of former Cubs managers with a head-scratcher postseason moment that won’t soon be forgotten.

It took one playoff game as a manager for David Ross to join a Hall of Fame-caliber class of former Cubs managers with a head-scratcher postseason moment that won’t soon be forgotten.

Given a chance to catch their breath after a crazy month and a half, the St. Louis Cardinals settled into the playoffs with yet another win against the San Diego Padres. Paul Goldschmidt hit a two-run home run during a four-run first inning, St. Louis’ bullpen held strong after starter Kwang Hyun Kim stumbled in his playoff debut and the Cardinals ruined the Padres’ long-awaited return to the playoffs with a 7-4 victory Wednesday in the opener of their NL wild-card series. The Cardinals got a welcome two days off before this series began.

Given a chance to catch their breath after a crazy month and a half, the St. Louis Cardinals settled into the playoffs with yet another win against the San Diego Padres. Paul Goldschmidt hit a two-run home run during a four-run first inning, St. Louis’ bullpen held strong after starter Kwang Hyun Kim stumbled in his playoff debut and the Cardinals ruined the Padres’ long-awaited return to the playoffs with a 7-4 victory Wednesday in the opener of their NL wild-card series. The Cardinals got a welcome two days off before this series began.

David Kaplan, Gordon Wittenmyer, Maddie Leeand Tim Stebbins discuss the Cubs’ Game 1 loss to Miami, their lack of offense and what’s next for Game 2.

David Kaplan, Gordon Wittenmyer, Maddie Leeand Tim Stebbins discuss the Cubs’ Game 1 loss to Miami, their lack of offense and what’s next for Game 2.

Clayton Kershaw will start for the Dodgers in Game 2 of their wild card series against the Brewers, but will we see 2020 Kershaw or 2019 playoffs Kershaw?

The White Sox, rapidly risen from rebuilders to contenders, have been saying all along that they want to be in baseball’s biggest moments on baseball’s biggest stage. Well, it doesn’t get any bigger than a win-or-go-home playoff game.

Condensed Game: Paul Goldschmit rocked a 1st-inning home run and Yadier Molina had three hits to power the Cardinals to a 7-4 Game 1 win

Condensed Game: Paul Goldschmit rocked a 1st-inning home run and Yadier Molina had three hits to power the Cardinals to a 7-4 Game 1 win

Goldschmidt, Molina power Cardinals to Game 1 win

Nick Madrigal made two errors in the field and had a bit of trouble on the base paths, both plays factoring into the scoring in the White Sox narrow loss to the A’s in Game 2.