Today’s regularly-scheduled Divergent League Update podcast episode is delayed until tomorrow. More importantly: we’ve got 4 potential sweeps in our Division Series match-ups, fans!
Tonight we’ll watch Game 3 of Atlanta .vs. Montreal. Can Atlanta hang on, or are the Expos on Championship-bound? Find out tonight on http://twitch.tv/extrafuture
Coming up on the Twitch channel tonight at 6:45pm Pacific time we’ve got Game 1 of Blue Jays .vs. White Sox in the ALDS.
Jack Mcdowell will be on the mound for the Sox, with Pat Hentgen toeing the rubber for the Jays.
The Blue Jays made a huge late-season comeback to make it here, can they keep the momentum against the seemingly all-powerful White Sox?
Update: The Jays put an upset on the White Sox, winning Game 1 by a score of 4-1 on the strength of a Pat Hentgen start and Bobby Bonilla’s 2-run dinger.
1993 Divergent League Update Week 10 is now available!
Welcome to flavor country, folks, it’s time for the Division Series. Tonight at 5:45pm PDT (one hour early) we’ll be watching Games 1 of Expos .vs. Braves and Giants .vs. Cardinals.
Congratulations to the Toronto Blue Jays for defeating the Detroit Tigers 1-0 in the AL Wild Card, thanks in part of a stellar complete game by Dwight Gooden who the acquired as part of a blockbuster trade earlier in the season.
They Blue Jays will go on to face the Braves in one of our NLDS matchups.
Congratulations to the Montreal Expos for winning the NL Wild Card against the once seemingly-invulnerable Philadelphia Phillies. Moises Alou drove in the lone RBI in the 1-0 victory, with Montral’s Ken Hill pitching a complete game shutout on the strength of 10 strikeouts.
The AL Wild Card game of Tigers .vs. Blue Jays will broadcast tomorrow, March 17th, at 7:15pm PDT following AEW Dynamite on https://twitch.tv/extrafuture
Welcome to our 5th Divergent League Baseball Postseason, folks! This season we’ll be doing things a bit differently, with 2 games being broadcast each Tuesday and Friday night starting at 6:45pm PDT.
Tuesday’s games will be our Wild Card matches: Expos .vs. Phillies and Tigers .vs. Blue Jays.
Update: We ended up doing just one game and pushing the other to Wednesday. Weds at 7:15pm we’ll broadcast Jays .vs. Tigers!
The Commish will be holding office hours in Discord during the games, we hope you’ll drop in to root root root for the home team.
The official calendar has been updated with the new days and times.
After the Blue Jays dramatic win over the Royals, we’ve got our Postseason picture. Congratulations to the Jays, Tigers, White Sox, Giants, Expos and Braves.
Matchups are as follows:
This season has 3 non-player-teams: The Orioles, Astros, and Cardinals.
Divergent League Postseason coverage starts this Sunday at 4pm PST.
Congratulations to the Reds, and condolences to the White Sox. Maybe next year.
The Reds lead the series 3-2, it’s win or go home for the Sox. Join us now on Twitch!
The Cincinnati Reds held off the White Sox on Tuesday night (see the archived game video) by a score of 5-4, with the recently deceased Joe Morgan winning Player of the Game honors. Happy trails, Joe.
Game 5 is the last game in Cincinnati- can the Reds use the home field advantage to go ahead in the series before we head back to the Windy City? Find out at 5:30pm PDT, live on divergentleague.com/tv
Update: The Reds have won Game 5, bringing the series to 3-2 as we go into Chicago for Game 6 on Sunday.