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  1. www.merriam-webster.com › wordplay › wild-cardWhere Does the Phrase 'Wild Card' Come From? - Merriam-Webster

    The American people — tired, frustrated, and angry with each other and themselves — had purposely drawn a " wild card " from the middle of the deck. — Richard Walker Bolling and ‎John Bowles, America’s Competitive Edge, 1982. Jurisprudence has always been a wild card in the legal deck. While the dictionary allows it may be the ...

  2. www.mentalfloss.com › why-it-called-wild-card-spotWhy is it Called a "Wild Card" Spot? | Mental Floss

    Oct 1, 2014 · "Wild card" originally (and somewhat obviously) comes from poker, which, depending who you ask, started featuring wild cards in the late 19th century. In sports, "wild card" entered the lexicon in ...

  3. www.mlb.com › postseason › historyWild Card History | MLB.com

    Postseason History: Wild Card. 1995: In tandem with the realignment into three divisions per league, a Wild Card team -- the winningest club that didn't win a division -- was added to the postseason field. The Wild Card winner played the team with the league's best record, unless that team was in the same division, in which case it would face ...

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  4. en.wikipedia.org › Major_League_Baseball_Wild_CardMajor League Baseball Wild Card - Wikipedia

    A wild card team appeared in the World Series each year from 2002 to 2007. The 2002, 2014, and 2023 World Series have been the only times when both teams were wild cards. The Baltimore Orioles, in 1996, were the first wild card team to win a Division Series. The Marlins, in 1997, were the first wild card team to reach and first to win the World ...

  5. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Wild_Card_SeriesWild Card Series - Wikipedia

    Wild Card Series. The Wild Card Series (formerly known as Wild Card Game from 2012 to 2019 and in 2021) are games that serve as the opening round of the Major League Baseball (MLB) postseason. A single wild card game was instituted in 2012. This became a best-of-three playoff wild card series in 2020 as a one-off, and became permanent (albeit ...

  6. baseballscouter.com › how-does-the-mlb-wild-card-workHow Does The MLB Wild Card Work? (Explained) - Baseball Scouter

    The 1st round is known as the Wild Card games, with games between the #3 vs. #6 and #4 vs. #5 seeds in a best-of-3 series. The winner of the #3 vs. #6 game plays the overall #2 seed, and the victor of the #4 vs. #5 game faces the #1 seed. That 2nd round, called the Division Series, are best-of-5-game contests.

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  8. www.mlb.com › news › wild-card-teams-to-make-theEvery Wild Card team to make the World Series - MLB.com

    Nov 2, 2023 · In 2023, the Rangers and D-backs met up in the third all-Wild Card World Series, with Texas winning in five games. Here are the 16 Wild Card teams to reach the World Series, including the six to do so since 2012 and eight to win the World Series, marked with an asterisk. * 2023 Rangers.

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