Baseball season is long. Seriously, think about what you were doing in late March. Doesn't that seem like a long, long time ago, if you can conjure it at all?
Yet, here we are. The final week of the 2014 MLB campaign. Not everything is decided; entering play Saturday there are still division titles to be won and home-field advantage to secure.
But we've learned some lessons, at long last, that can help us make sense of the crazy crap-shoot that is the postseason, when a 162-game marathon is distilled down to a frothing, month-long sprint.
First, the usual caveat: Stuff can shift in a hurry. Surprises abound. That's what makes October so entertaining. Stars fizzle, role players rise. Expect the unexpected.
With that in mind, here are five takeaways from the final week, as the regular season concludes and we peer ahead to the playoffs.
Are you ready? Good.
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