2001 Major League Baseball postseason

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The 2001 Major League Baseball postseason was the playoff tournament of Major League Baseball for the 2001 season. The winners of the League Division Series would move on to the League Championship Series to determine the pennant winners that face each other in the World Series. In the American League, the New York Yankees made their seventh straight postseason appearance, the Seattle Mariners and Oakland Athletics returned for the second straight year, and the Cleveland Indians returned for the sixth time in eight years. The 2001 Mariners set an MLB record by winning 116 games during the regular season. This was Seattle’s last postseason appearance until 2022, and their last postseason appearance as a division champion until 2025. In the National League, the Atlanta Braves made their tenth consecutive postseason appearance, becoming the first team in MLB history to accomplish this feat. Joining them were the St. Louis Cardinals, who returned for the second year in a row. The Houston Astros...

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