The drama and entertainment and ecstasy and agony provided by the 2024 Major League Baseball season, so far, is difficult to put into words. I didn't say the playoffs, specifically, because it started with a game that wasn't even officially the playoffs.

Thomas, who had 9 RBI in the ALDS, loved swinging away when the count was 0-0 during the regular season. The 29-year-old outfielder, who was acquired from the Washington Nationals on July 29, was 18-for-63 (.286) with a home run and 9 RBI on first pitches. Now in the postseason he has three hits, two for homers, in similar situations.

Gerrit Cole will be on the mound for the New York Yankees early in the ALCS. Yankees manager Aaron Boone told reporters on Saturday that Cole will be