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We're close to setting some playoff dates.
Atlanta clinched the No. 2 seed in the National League playoffs with its hang-on victory over Chicago today.
If the Astros or Cubs win the wild card, or if the Dodgers end up as the wild card, the Dodgers will travel to St. Louis to begin the first round.
If the Giants are the wild card, the Dodgers will travel to Atlanta to begin the first round.
In any case, if they make the playoffs, the Dodgers will host Game 3 and if necessary, Game 4, of a first-round playoff series, most likely on Saturday, October 9 and Sunday, October 10.
In an e-mail, John Wiebe of John's Dodger Blog writes:
The online TV listings for ESPN and Fox are on their respective websites. The timeslots they have reserved for playoff games over the weekend are:
Saturday
10 a.m. - ESPN2
1 p.m. - Fox
4 p.m. - Fox
7 p.m - Fox
Sunday
10 a.m. - ESPN
1 p.m. - ESPN
4 p.m. - ESPN2
7 p.m - Fox
We can forget about the 10 a.m. slots; those will be East Coast games. The 7 p.m. slot on Saturday is a last resort for the networks, considering at least one AL series should be over before then.
So I'm betting on start times (for the Dodgers) between 1 p.m. and 5 p.m. both days. No surprises.
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