Division Series week is the best baseball week of the year. The Championship Series has higher stakes, but it can’t match the volume of games. The World Series is a treasure, but it’s so dang fussy, and the quality varies wildly from year to year. No, give me the ol’ DS, with eight teams believing in this moment that this might be their year, only to have four of them get pantsed on national television.
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It’s the perfect amount of overwhelming.
Not all Division Series are created equal, however. All of them are fantastic matchups, but some are more fantastical than others. Here’s an unofficial, but quite correct, ranking of how interesting each of the four series will be. And remember, kids: It’s not “clickbait.” It’s “subscription bait.” But, seriously, once you’ve lived with the NYT Cooking app, you won’t know how you ever lived without it.
There are eight teams left. Two of them will go to the World Series. One of them will win it. Which teams should you watch on their way there?
4. Detroit Tigers vs. Seattle Mariners
Why the series ranks fourth
There’s no way to do this without being rude, so we might as well rip the Band-Aid off. The Tigers being here is like the winner of the N.I.T.
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