We have reached the final four. Major League Baseball’s Championship Series officially start today with two best-of-seven series to determine the American League and National League representatives for this year’s Fall Classic.
This Week in Purple: Long Division
Colorado Rockies news and links for Sunday, October 11th, 2026
On the National League side, much as everyone expected, the Los Angeles Dodgers are pushing for their sixth World Series appearance in the last decade as they try to three-peat. The Dodgers sat down the Atlanta Braves to make it this far. However, the powerhouse Dodgers are shockingly not the top seed in this matchup. That honor belongs to the Milwaukee Brewers, who finished with the best record in baseball for the 2026 regular season.
The Brew Crew knocked out the San Diego Padres in the NLDS and are trying to appear in their first World Series since 1982—where they lost in seven games to the St. Louis Cardinals—despite making the playoffs in eight of their last nine seasons. They’ve only made it to the Championship Series twice in that stretch.
Meanwhile, the Cinderella run of the Chicago White Sox has at last struck midnight. Despite a miraculous turnaround f...