Major League Baseball is known for relying heavily on tradition and the World Series is the culmination of that approach. Now, Commissioner Rob Manfred's league is taking the opportunity to change its World Series schedule for the first time in history.
According to a report from Bob Nightengale on X, MLB will move up the World Series three days to October 25 if the NLC and ALCS each end by October 19.
The announcement came as Rob Manfred's league announced the full 2024 MLB Postseason schedule.
Last season, the Texas Rangers won the World Series but now Bruce Bochy's team is on the outside looking in of the 2024 playoff picture.
The news came during a flurry of activity across the Major Leagues.
Yankees General Manager Brian Cashman got into a heated exchange with a radio host about the trade deadline. Brian Cashman's recollection of the event has captured the attention of fans across MLB, including New York fans.
Meanwhile, an American League player, Mitch Garver, revealed that he was subjected to death threats and several other not safe for work messages. Mitch Garver's frustrating recollection of events is just one of many off-field issues faced by MLB players and executives in recent weeks.
With so much off-the-field activity dominating the news headlines, the hope now for Manfred and MLB is that the focus will shift back to the play on the field. Fall is just weeks away, and so is arguably the most dramatic and compelling postseason in all of sports, culminating with the World Series in October.
Fans react to MLB postseason change
Fans had plenty of comments for the changes and announced dates and times shared by Commissioner Rob Manfred's league. Many of them were emotionally charged and focused on specific MLB teams like the Braves and Yankees.
“Yankees won't be there,” one fan said.
“Braves' complaining worked,” another said with three broken-hearted emojis.
“Not sure why it couldn't start on the 21st in that scenario,” another fan added.
One fan in particular sounded especially excited about the changes.
“This is actually good,” they said. “Now make the playoffs eight teams in each league instead of six and don't rest. Rest is killing the best teams, year in and year out.”
Still another fan said that other leagues should follow MLB's example.
“LONG past time that they did this,” the fan said on Twitter. “NBA and NHL need to take note.”
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