This is not a thoughtful and incisive overview of the ALCS and NLCS. I was looking up some things yesterday and figured I'd share them rather than not.
First of all, I was extremely pleased to watch the Blue Jays hardly break a sweat while humiliating the Yankees. But then I thought . . . shit, the Blue Jays are now really close to going to the World Series. . . . which means they could actually win the World Series. . . . But then I thought, I no longer live outside Toronto (and am extremely unlikely to ever set foot in Skydome again) and the few Blue Jays fans I would encounter on the west coast are not the annoying know-nothing assholes in Ontario. . . . But I would rather see any of the other three teams remaining win it all.
My preferences, in order:
Mariners (how can I root against a team with the Big Dumper on it?)
Dodgers (Roberts . . . Mookie . . . Ohtani . . . but they won last year)
Brewers (not the Blue Jays; franchise debuted as the Seattle Pilots)
Blue Jays (superb job humiliating the Yankees, but you can all fuck off now)
Normal Endorsement: with Scuttlebutt Beer to produce Big Dumper beer.
Unusual Endorsement: with Honey Bucket ("a leader in portable sanitation services")
The 2025 World Series will feature a matchup that has never happened before. This would have been a bigger deal if interleague play did not exist. But it does. In 2025, the Mariners and Blue Jays each played both the Brewers and Dodgers. And they have done that for the past three seasons. (So that's ruined.)
Mariners
2021: vs Dodgers: 1-3
2023: vs Dodgers: 0-3 / vs Brewers: 0-3
2024: vs Dodgers: 0-3 / vs Brewers: 1-2
2025: vs Dodgers: 0-3 / vs Brewers: 1-2
Blue Jays
2022: vs Brewers: 1-2
2023: vs Brewers: 2-1 / vs Dodgers: 2-1
2024: vs Brewers: 1-2 / vs Dodgers: 1-2
2025: vs Brewers: 1-2 / vs Dodgers: 1-2
2021-25:
Blue Jays vs Brewers: 5-7 / vs Dodgers: 4-5
Mariners vs Brewers: 2-7 / vs Dodgers: 1-12
Brewers vs Blue Jays: 7-5 / vs Mariners: 7-2
Dodgers vs Blue Jays: 5-4 / vs Mariners: 12-1
The Mariners finished atop the AL West standings for the first time since 2001, when they won an astonishing 116 games. In 2025, they won 90 games, their most wins in a full season since 2003
Mariners Seasons Winning 90+ Games
2001 116-46
2003 93-69
2002 93-69
2025 90-72
2022 90-72
2021 90-72
In 2022, Seattle was one of the wild card teams, making their first postseason appearance in more than two decades. They beat the Blue Jays in the ALWC 4-0 and 10-9. And then they lost three straight ALDS games to the Astros 8-7, 4-2 and 1-0 (18 innings).
Mariners in the Postseason
Blue Jays' Winningest Seasons, All-Time1995 Lost ALCS 2-4 to Cleveland, won ALDS 3-2 (Yankees)
1997 Lost ALDS 1-3 to Orioles
2000 Lost ALCS 2-4 to Yankees, won ALDS 3-0 (White Sox)
2001 Lost ALCS 1-4 to Yankees, won ALDS 3-2 (Cleveland)
2002 Lost ALDS 0-3 to Astros, won ALWCS 2-0 (Blue Jays)
2025 ALCS vs Blue Jays, won ALDS 3-2 (Tigers)
Blue Jays in the ALCS1985 99-62 Lost ALCS 4-3 to Royals
1992 96-66 Won World Series 4-2 (Atlanta), won ALCS 4-2 (Athletics)
1987 96-66 2.0 GB in ALE
1993 95-67 Won World Series 4-2 (Phillies), won ALCS 4-2 (White Sox)
2025 94-68 ALCS vs Mariners, won ALDS 3-1 (Yankees)
1985 Lost 3-4 to Royals
1989 Lost 1-4 to Athletics
1991 Lost 1-4 to Twins
1992 Won 4-2 over Athletics, won World Series 4-2 over Atlanta
1992 Won 4-2 over White Sox, won World Series 4-2 over Phillies
2015 Lost 2-4 to Royals, won ALDS 3-2 (Texas)
2016 Lost 1-4 to Cleveland, won ALDS 3-0 (Texas), won ALWC 1-0 (Orioles)
2025 ALCS vs Mariners, won ALDS 3-1 over Yankees
The Brewers Have Played In Four Divisions
1969 AL West (6-team division; Seattle Pilots)
1970-71 AL West (6-team division)
1972-76 AL East (6-team division)
1977-93 AL East (7-team division)
1994-97 AL Central (5-team division)
1998-2012 NL Central (6-team division)
2013-25 NL Central (5-team division)
Brewers in the Postseason
1981 Lost ALDS 2-3 to Yankees
1982 Lost World Series 3-4 to Cardinals, won ALDS 3-2 (Angels)
2008 Lost NLDS 1-3 to Phillies
2011 Lost NLCS 2-4 to Cardinals, won NLDS 3-2 (Diamondbacks)
2018 Lost NLCS 3-4 to Dodgers, won NLDS 3-0 (Rockies)
2019 Lost NLWCG 0-1 to Nationals
2020 Lost NLWCS 0-2 to Dodgers
2021 Lost NLDS 1-3 to Atlanta
2023 Lost NLWCS 0-2 to Diamondbacks
2024 Lost NLWCS 1-2 to Mets
2025 NLCS vs Dodgers, won NLDS 3-2 (Cubs)
It's well-known that the Dodgers are playing in the postseason for the 13th consecutive season, but I 'm shocked to see that the Brewers have been a postseason team in seven of the last eight seasons, but they have been bounced so early (a 1-8 record from 2019-23), their presence has hardly registered.
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