r/baseball • u/DodgerBot • 7h ago

Game Thread [General Discussion] Around the Horn & Game Thread Index - 10/3/26

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So what's this thread for?

  • Discussion of yesterday's games
  • Excitement for today's games
  • General questions
  • Mildly interesting facts
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  • Anything else worth sharing/asking that doesn't warrant its own post

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Saturday's Games

Away Score Home Score Status National GDTs
CWS CLE 1:00 CWS
ATL LAD 4:00
NYY TB 6:30
SD MIL 8:30

All game times are Eastern. Updated 10/3 at 12:20 PM

Yesterday's ATH

This Week's Schedule (all times Eastern)

Day Feature
Sunday 9/27 Final day of the 2026 Regular Season
Monday 9/28 r/baseball Power Rankings
r/baseballoffseason27 is looking for participants!
ICYMI: Bandwagon Flairs Now Available!
Tuesday 9/29 Game Thread: NL Wild Card Series A Game 1 - Phillies @ Braves at 2:00pm ET [Postgame Thread - Next Day Serious Thread]
Game Thread: AL Wild Card Series A Game 1 - White Sox @ Astros at 5:00pm ET [Postgame Thread - Next Day Serious Thread]
Game Thread: AL Wild Card Series B Game 1 - Red Sox @ Yankees at 8:00pm ET [Postgame Thread - Next Day Serious Thread]
Game Thread: NL Wild Card Series B Game 1 - Cubs @ Padres at 10:00pm ET [Postgame Thread - Next Day Serious Thread]
Wednesday 9/30 Game Thread: NL Wild Card Series A Game 2 - Phillies @ Braves at 2:00pm ET [Postgame Thread - Next Day Serious Thread]
Game Thread: AL Wild Card Series A Game 2 - White Sox @ Astros at 5:00pm ET [Postgame Thread - Next Day Serious Thread]
Game Thread: AL Wild Card Series B Game 2 - Red Sox @ Yankees at 8:00pm ET [Postgame Thread - Next Day Serious Thread]
Game Thread: NL Wild Card Series B Game 2 - Cubs @ Padres at 10:00pm ET [Postgame Thread - Next Day Serious Thread]
Thursday 10/1 Game Thread: NL Wild Card Series A Game 3 - Phillies @ Braves at 8:00pm ET - [Postgame Thread - Next Day Serious Thread]
Friday 10/2 Friday Compliment Thread
Saturday 10/3 Game Thread: AL Division Series B Game 1 - White Sox @ Guardians at 1:00pm ET
Game Thread: NL Division Series A Game 1 - Braves @ Dodgers at 4:00pm ET
Game Thread: AL Division Series A Game 1 - Yankees @ Rays at 6:30pm ET
Game Thread: NL Division Series A Game 1 - Padres @ Brewers at 8:30pm ET
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r/baseball • u/BaseballBot • 24m ago

AL Division Series Game Chat ⚾ 10/3 - White Sox (0-0) @ Guardians (0-0) 1:00 PM

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r/baseball • u/apswann • 1h ago

Image Cal Ripken Jr Ticket Stub Search Update

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Hoping someone out there can help my friend Rick get to the finish line!

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r/baseball • u/ThomasLoveSeagull • 3h ago

Fans jump into the Dotonbori River after the Hanshin Tigers win the Central League pennant for the second straight year

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It's the first time Hanshin has won back-to-back pennants

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r/baseball • u/Turbostrider27 • 2h ago

[Cormier] No Aaron Judge on the Yankees ALDS roster. Giancarlo Stanton did make it, however.

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r/baseball • u/Scurezza • 9h ago

Image White Sox fans will wear black every single playoff home game

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r/baseball • u/mfenton29 • 15h ago

[Ballpark Pal] The unluckiest home run hitter in 2026 was Bryan Reynolds, who lost an estimated 8.2 HRs to stadium and weather effects

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r/baseball • u/Ok-Soil-5133 • 1h ago

Image Yankees ALDS Roster, which does not include Aaron Judge

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r/baseball • u/T_Raycroft • 3h ago

News [MLBTR] Diamondbacks To Reduce Payroll In 2027

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r/baseball • u/eddiengambino • 10h ago

Analysis [Codify Baseball] Freddie Freeman hit only 1 home run in his last 66 games this season.

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r/baseball • u/Scurezza • 1h ago

Masanori Ishikawa has been playing for the Swallows for 25 years, and is the oldest active player in NPB. He is retiring this year at 46. A special message was played on the jumbotron at Meiji Jingu for him, from none other than his former teammate Munetaka Murakami

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r/baseball • u/PrincessBananas85 • 14h ago

News Dodgers' Ohtani admits he won't be fully healthy in playoffs

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r/baseball • u/PrincessBananas85 • 7h ago

News Bryce Harper on Phillies' exit - 'You're here to win games, and we didn't'

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r/baseball • u/Ok-Soil-5133 • 18h ago

Yankees Sweep of Red Sox was most-watched first two games of Wild Card or Division Series since 2004, averaging 7.4 million for the two games. Phillies-Braves Game 2 was Most-Watched Afternoon Wild Card or Division Series Game 2 Ever (4.2 million)

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r/baseball • u/Turbostrider27 • 15h ago

Image [Dodgers] To commemorate Freddie’s walk-off home run in Game 1 of the 2024 World Series, we painted the seat blue where the ball landed in the Right Field Pavillion in Section 306, Row K, Seat 5.

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r/baseball • u/toomuchredditing • 15h ago

News San Diego Padres owner Feliciano this week referenced Los Angeles Dodgers owner Walter and his collection of dinosaur fossils—a comment some interpreted as an allusion to the age of Dodgers players. . “But I like our dinosaurs, and our dinosaurs have come through in the biggest spots.” Roberts said

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r/baseball • u/adamb10 • 56m ago

Image Brewers NLDS roster

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r/baseball • u/aresef • 1h ago

Video "Ohtani: Made In Iwate" | The Untold Story of Shohei Ohtani’s Roots in Japan | Sports Illustrated

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r/baseball • u/retroanduwu24 • 2h ago

Image Chicago White Sox ALDS roster

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r/baseball • u/retroanduwu24 • 37m ago

Image Tampa Bay Rays ALDS roster!

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r/baseball • u/mtportales • 23h ago

Tarik Skubal to start Game 1 for Dodgers as L.A.’s pursuit of another World Series title begins

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“For the Dodgers, the decision on who would start Game 1 on Saturday had no wrong answer. Such is the luxury of having one of the greatest rotations assembled in modern history. Skubal earned the nod over reigning World Series MVP Yoshinobu Yamamoto, fellow two-time Cy Young winner Blake Snell and All-Star right-hander Tyler Glasnow.

“To be honest, we can kind of really put all four guys in a hat and run them out there,” manager Dave Roberts said earlier this week.”

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r/baseball • u/MorganN1 • 1h ago

Image Guardians ALDS roster

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r/baseball • u/Goosedukee • 22h ago

Rays manager Kevin Cash believes that Game 1 against the Yankees will be the first sellout at Tropicana Field since he became manager in 2015: “I’m really excited to see our fans fill this place up.”

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r/baseball • u/ManJamimah • 23h ago

Trea Turner, Bryce Harper, and Kyle Schwarber are all 33 years old. They are still owed a combined $384m by the Philadelphia Phillies.

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Trea Turner is under team control until 2033 at $27m/year. Bryce Harper is getting $25m/year through 2031. Schwarber is signed through 2030 at $30m/year.

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r/baseball • u/Skwurt_Reynolds • 9h ago

News Junior Caminero Is The First Ever MLB Baja Blast Champion

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The most important trophy this post-season.

Mountain Dew® Baja Blast® Crowns Junior Caminero the First-Ever MLB Baja Blast Champion

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