The Baseball playoff competitions are structured so the team that advances and wins the World Series must win 11 games. The breakdown is as follows:
American/National League Division Series - Best 3 of 5 games
American/National League Championship Series - Best 4 of 7 games
World Series - Best 4 of 7 games.
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Probably the Pecole little league rookie league championship game, either that or the little league world series championship game in williamsport :)
The United States won the little league championship in 2008. Hawaii ended up killing Mexico in the championship game.
In the Major Leagues, the three teams that lead the Division in both leagues will make the Playoffs and the two teams from both leagues with the best record that don't lead the division will also make the Playoffs. Additionallly the two Wild Card teams in the American League will play each other in a one-game playoff and the two Wild Card teams in the National League will also play each other in a one-game playoff. The winner of the American League Wild Card game will continue on to the Division Series in order to play the Divisional Winner with the best record and the winner of the N.L. Wild Card game will also have to face the Divisional record with the best record but in the National League. The Divisional Series is a best of 5 series, the two winners in the A.L. will go on to face each other in the Championship Series and the 2 winners in the N.L. will also go on to face each other in the Championship Series which is a best of 7 series. The winners of the Championship Series will face each other in the World Series which is also a best of 7 series.
Because the leagues alternated World Series sites at that time. The year before, in the seven-game 1987 World Series, the first two games and the last two games were played in Minnesota. In 1989, the year after the Dodgers' championship title, the Series opened in Oakland. The leagues continued to alternate sites until 2003, when the lords of baseball agreed to award home field advantage to the league that wins the All-Star Game. Because the National League won the 2010 All-Star Game, the World Series opened in San Francisco.