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MLB Playoffs 2015: Explaining Wild Card Format, Divisional Series and More

Few things in sports are more physically and mentally grueling than a 162-game Major League Baseball season, but the long journey will come to a screeching halt Tuesday and Wednesday for the losers of the American and National League Wild Card Games.

The dog days of summer are firmly in the rearview mirror, and the pressure cooker that is the MLB postseason is finally upon us. With teams like the Chicago Cubs, Pittsburgh Pirates, New York Mets and Kansas City Royals chasing regulars like the New York Yankees and St. Louis Cardinals, there is bound to be plenty of nail-biting moments.