And we're off! Playoff baseball the way it's meant to be played: Win a series, not one game. The Blue Jays roughed up the Rangers 10-1 while the Indians beat the Red Sox 5-4 in a tense thriller that featured some bullpen strategy us nerds loved.
1. Terry Francona manages a playoff game like its a playoff game. Back in the day, men were men and relief pitchers weren't called "closers," they were called "firemen" and their managers sometimes used the best ones before the ninth inning. Rollie Fingers, for example, appeared in 16 World Series games with the A's from 1972 to 1974, out of 19 they played, and he pitched 33 1/3 innings.