It could be your birthday. It could be the holiday season. It could be the end of the school year. Or it could be October and playoff baseball time. Once the calendar flips to October, you can feel the energy coming from the MLB season as its regular season is wrapping up with the postseason around the corner. The excitement and energy of postseason baseball is all a sports fan needs. Just one month of the most exciting baseball you’ll see. Just one. But that’s all you need.
My Giants, unfortunately, have not been able to play in the playoffs much in the last 5 years. Just once have we made it in those years and that was last year. But last year gave me a flashback of all the feelings I used to get growing up watching Giants postseason baseball. I grew up only 15 minutes away from the ballpark and I grew up in a golden era of Giants baseball. Giants winning baseball in October was the reason why I fell in love with baseball and sports. Last October, even if we only played in 5 games, it brought me so much joy, anxiety, and excitement. I went to my first Giants playoff game in October and that energy in the ballpark will never be topped. It was by far the best sports game I’ve been to as we beat LA in a 4-0 shutout.
But you also don’t have to have your favorite team in the playoffs to love postseason baseball. From 2017-2020, I had to watch October baseball without my favorite team, but I still enjoyed the most I could. You can feel the energy of other stadiums from your TV as the stadiums are packed to see their teams play for the crown. I would always enjoy watching the Dodgers and Yankees choke year after year, while also rooting for some underdogs to shake up the playoffs.
Everything about October baseball is all I can ever ask for. I was lucky enough to experience my Giants in the playoffs at least one more time before I would head off to wherever life takes me after high school. Even though the Giants lost in the first round, I still loved every second of it this season. This is the baseball that, in a way, made me the person that I am today and made me become so passionate about baseball and many other sports. October baseball is all I ever need.
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