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During the last days of the regular season, two teams fired their general managers, effective at the end of the season. On October 3, the Toronto Blue Jays fired J. P. Ricciardi after eight seasons. The following day, the San Diego Padres axed Kevin Towers, who had been the longest-tenured GM in Major League Baseball at 14 seasons.
The postseason began on October 7, 2009, and ended on November 4, 2009, with the Yankees defeating the defending World Series champion Phillies in the 2009 World Series. It was the Yankees' 27th title in franchise history, and their most recent title win, as well as the most recent title win by a team from New York City .
The baseball is coming to an end and the postseason is right around the corner. Here is the full schedule for the upcoming MLB playoffs. MLB playoff schedule: Bracket, dates, TV, teams on road to ...
La Russa gets three more games (October 4) to extend his managed games to 4,773 (2,552–2,217–4) by the end of the 2009 season. October 2: B. J. Upton not only hits for the cycle in the Rays' 13–4 victory over the Yankees, but he does it by the end of the fifth inning.
Start of Major League Baseball games depends on days of the week, game number in series, holidays, and other factors. As of 2021, most games start at 6:30 p.m., 7 p.m., or 7:30 p.m. in the local time zone, so there are more night games than day games even though baseball is traditionally played during the day.
On September 22, 2009, after defeating the Los Angeles Angels, the Yankees became the first team to clinch a playoff spot for the 2009 MLB Postseason. [88] By beating the Boston Red Sox on September 27, the Yankees won their 100th game of the season, and clinched the American League East Division title. [89]
Game 2, Wednesday: TBA vs. RH Joe Musgrove, 8:38 p.m. ET, ESPN2 Game 3, Thursday, if necessary : TBA vs. RH Dylan Cease, 7:08 p.m. ET, ESPN The USA TODAY app gets you to the heart of the news ...
They were the last team in the 2009 season to lose three games in a row. [12] This was the deepest into the season a Major League Baseball team had gone without losing three straight since the 2001 Seattle Mariners, who lost their third straight on September 22. [13] The team suffered a blowout 10–0 loss to the St. Louis Cardinals on July 28th.