Wild Card Series
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The Wild Card Series is Major League Baseball’s opening round of the postseason in which lower-seeded teams compete in short playoff matchups to advance deeper into the playoffs.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Wild Card Series canonical | 3 |
| Wild Card series | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Wild Card Series Context triple: [MLB on TBS, hasPart, Wild Card Series]
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A.
National League Wild Card Series
The National League Wild Card Series is a best-of-three postseason playoff round in Major League Baseball that determines which National League wild card teams advance deeper into the playoffs.
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B.
Wild Card round
The Wild Card round is the opening weekend of the NFL postseason in which lower-seeded teams compete in elimination games to advance further in the playoffs.
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C.
American League Wild Card Series
The American League Wild Card Series is a best-of-three postseason playoff round in Major League Baseball that determines which wild card teams advance further in the American League playoffs.
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D.
Climax Series
The Climax Series is a postseason playoff system in Nippon Professional Baseball that determines which team advances from each league to the Japan Series.
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E.
League Championship Series
The League Championship Series is a best-of-seven postseason round in Major League Baseball that determines the American and National League champions who advance to the World Series.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: Wild Card Series Target entity description: The Wild Card Series is Major League Baseball’s opening round of the postseason in which lower-seeded teams compete in short playoff matchups to advance deeper into the playoffs.
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A.
National League Wild Card Series
The National League Wild Card Series is a best-of-three postseason playoff round in Major League Baseball that determines which National League wild card teams advance deeper into the playoffs.
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B.
Wild Card round
The Wild Card round is the opening weekend of the NFL postseason in which lower-seeded teams compete in elimination games to advance further in the playoffs.
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C.
American League Wild Card Series
The American League Wild Card Series is a best-of-three postseason playoff round in Major League Baseball that determines which wild card teams advance further in the American League playoffs.
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D.
Climax Series
The Climax Series is a postseason playoff system in Nippon Professional Baseball that determines which team advances from each league to the Japan Series.
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E.
League Championship Series
The League Championship Series is a best-of-seven postseason round in Major League Baseball that determines the American and National League champions who advance to the World Series.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Major League Baseball postseason round
ⓘ
sports playoff series ⓘ |
| alsoPlayedIn | Canada ⓘ |
| appliesToLeague |
American League
ⓘ
National League ⓘ |
| byeTeams | top two division winners in each league ⓘ |
| competitionType | knockout round ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| eligibility | MLB teams qualifying as non-bye seeds ⓘ |
| eliminates | two teams per league ⓘ |
| eliminationFormat | best-of-three, first to two wins advances ⓘ |
| followedBy |
American League Division Series
ⓘ
Division Series ⓘ National League Division Series ⓘ |
| format | best-of-three series ⓘ |
| frequency | annual ⓘ |
| governingBody |
Office of the Commissioner of Baseball
ⓘ
linked to:
MLB Commissioner’s Office
|
| homeFieldAdvantage | higher-seeded team hosts all games ⓘ |
| introducedInCBA | 2022–2026 MLB collective bargaining agreement ⓘ |
| league | Major League Baseball ⓘ |
| level |
Major League
ⓘ
linked to:
Major League Baseball
|
| locationPattern | games played at higher seed’s home ballpark ⓘ |
| numberOfGamesPerSeries | 3 ⓘ |
| numberOfSeriesPerLeague | 2 ⓘ |
| numberOfTeams | 8 ⓘ |
| numberOfTeamsPerLeague | 4 ⓘ |
| participantsInclude |
division winners
ⓘ
wild card teams ⓘ |
| partOf |
MLB playoffs
ⓘ
Major League Baseball postseason ⓘ
linked to:
MLB playoffs
|
| postseasonRoundNumber | 1 ⓘ |
| postseasonType | expanded playoff format ⓘ |
| precededBy | MLB regular season ⓘ |
| purpose | determine which lower-seeded teams advance to Division Series ⓘ |
| replaced | single-elimination Wild Card Game ⓘ |
| seasonTiming | early October ⓘ |
| seedingBasis | regular-season record ⓘ |
| shortDescription | opening round of MLB postseason for lower-seeded teams ⓘ |
| sport | baseball ⓘ |
| startDate | 2022 ⓘ |
| status | active ⓘ |
| televisionCoverageIncludes |
ABC
ⓘ
ESPN ⓘ ESPN2 ⓘ MLB Network ⓘ |
| tieBreakerRule | regular-season tiebreaker procedures instead of extra play-in game ⓘ |
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Subject: Wild Card Series Description of subject: The Wild Card Series is Major League Baseball’s opening round of the postseason in which lower-seeded teams compete in short playoff matchups to advance deeper into the playoffs.
Referenced by (4)
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linked to: Wild Card Series
subject linked to:
Major League Baseball teams
subject linked to:
Major League Baseball players