It’s a workout day today at Comerica Park in Detroit for the Tigers and the A’s as the American League’s Central and West Division champions get ready for their best of 5 playoff series which opens tomorrow night with game 2 on Sunday, also in Detroit. Baseball's newest postseason wrinkle takes place today with the initial one-game wild card playoffs. Baltimore will visit Texas in the American League game while Atlanta will host St. Louis in the National League.

It didn't take long for the managerial axe to fall as the Boston Red Sox fired Bobby Valentine on Thursday, one day after the club finished last in the American League East with the team's worst record since 1965.