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The World Series is the end of the season for the two best teams in US and Canada.

Today with players from around the globe joining American and National League teams, the series can be as spellbinding in the Dominican Republic and Japan as it is in New York or LA.

The winners of each league’s best-of-seven series go on to take it to the MLB World Series.

2012 Pennant Race - Divisionals, Playoffs & World Series Schedule

Owing to the fact that the regular season ends on Wednesday, October 3rd this year, the divisional playoffs look to begin on Friday, October 5, followed by league championship games scheduled mid-month. The 2012 World Series is slated to start on Wednesday, October 24, 2012.

As usual, watch for FOX and TBS to divide up television coverage of the playoffs and league championships leading up to the official 2012 MLB World Series games, which will exclusively air on FOX beginning in prime time on October 24.

As the season wraps up in October, keep it here for the announcement of the complete playoffs and championship series game dates and times.

Cardinals stunner in game 6 led to ultimate victory in 2011 — in one
of the most dramatic World Series turnarounds in decades.

More about the World Series on the Web:

Follow your favorite teams to see who's in and who's out in the division series on the road to the World Series, along with detailed results & scores, great coverage of the history of the World Series, its teams and players, stats and record-breaking performances ...:

FOX Sports - Major League Baseball - The official TV broadcast station of the major league World Series games with stats, schedules, scores & results along with the latest headline news & rumors including video highlights, photos, fantasy baseball.

Major League Baseball - Get right to the meat and potatoes of who's in competition for the pennant championship with this site's chart showing the current standings of each team in the majors -- updated daily during the season.

Baseball Prospectus - Opinions on which teams are cracking the stats it takes to win the playoffs and get to the championship games. Analysis of players, positions and historical comparisons make for interesting and informative reading. This site has a section for fantasy managers who want to keep up with their players info and tradeability.

History of the World Series - If you're a real baseball fan and you're looking for baseball heaven, The Sporting News is the place to be. A year by year, play by play of every world series game from 1903 on. And we quote, "Don't call it World Serious. It's much more important than that..."

World Series History - From famous ejections - to the MVPs from seasons past - check out major league history, trivia and World Series fun facts at Baseball Almanac.com.

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