In an attempt to get the MLB playoffs and the ALCS over before the start of November, Bud Selig and Major League Baseball have announced a faster-paced American League playoffs schedule that eliminates off-days between home games. This should be good news for fans looking for ALCS tickets as it will be a lot more baseball and a lot less waiting for playoff games. In the past few years the ALCS has ended near the end of October and the World Series has dragged to November, and the move is an attempt to get the series over before that. The 2011 regular-season is going to end four days earlier than the 2010 season. The ALCS schedule will be changed to eliminate off-days between home games. The new post-season schedule will only have off-days for travel between ALDS and ALCS host cities. This means that Games One and Two will take place on back-to-back nights at the home stadium of the team with the better record, as will games Three Four and Five, followed by an off day for travel, with games six and seven played back to back again.
The MLB playoff schedule is set so that the ALDS will start two days after the end of the regular season which falls on Friday, September 30. Stay tuned to ALCS tickets for the lastest news on ticket onsales and other playoff ticket news. According to MLB the 2011 ALCS will start on Wednesday October 19, with Game Seven, should it be necessary, scheduled for Thursday October 27. Again, the 2011 ALCS date is October 19. In 2010 the World Series started on October 27. Bill Evans of NJ.com thinks this year’s schedule brings some intrigue. In case you were wondering, the World Series last year ended on November 1st, the second consecutive year the Fall Classic ended in November. If you recall the 2011 Opening Day date was moved up a few days so that Opening Night was on Thursday, March 31. The last day of the regular season is scheduled for Wednesday, September 28. The move is also likely part of the ongoing plans to expand the playoffs, which is looking less and less likely for 2012.