2000 American League Division Series
The 2000 American League Division Series (ALDS), the opening round of the 2000 American League playoffs, began on Tuesday, October 3, and ended on Sunday, October 8, with the champions of the three AL divisions—along with a "wild card" team—participating in two best-of-five series. The teams were:
- (1) Chicago White Sox (Central Division champion, 95–67) vs. (4) Seattle Mariners (Wild Card, 91–71): Mariners win series, 3–0.
- (2) Oakland Athletics (Western Division champion, 91–70) vs. (3) New York Yankees (Eastern Division champion, 87–74): Yankees win series, 3–2.
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| Dates | October 3 – 6 | ||||||||||||
| Television | ESPN | ||||||||||||
| TV announcers | Chris Berman and Rick Sutcliffe | ||||||||||||
| Radio | ESPN | ||||||||||||
| Radio announcers | Ernie Harwell and Dave Campbell | ||||||||||||
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| Dates | October 3 – 8 | ||||||||||||
| Television | NBC (Games 1, 3–4)/Pax (Game 1) Fox (Games 2, 5) | ||||||||||||
| TV announcers | Skip Caray and Joe Morgan (Games 1, 3–4) Joe Buck and Tim McCarver (Game 2) Thom Brennaman and Bob Brenly (Game 5) | ||||||||||||
| Radio | ESPN | ||||||||||||
| Radio announcers | Dan Shulman and Buck Martinez | ||||||||||||
| Umpires | Charlie Reliford, Kerwin Danley, Mike Reilly, Mike Winters, Rick Reed, Doug Eddings (Mariners–White Sox, Games 1–2; Yankees–Athletics, Games 3–5) Tim Welke, Chuck Meriwether, Tim McClelland, Paul Schrieber, Al Clark, Jeff Nelson (Yankees–Athletics, Games 1–2; Mariners–White Sox, Game 3) | ||||||||||||
The defending World Series champion Yankees defeated the Mariners in the AL Championship Series. They went on to win the 2000 World Series against the National League champion New York Mets in five games, for their third consecutive World title, and fourth in five years.
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