Gamethreads for ALDS Game 1s: Astros at A’s, Yankees at Rays

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The American League gets things kicked off today

It isn’t hard to find your rooting interests here, right? The Trashcan Astros face the nine-lives A’s. The Damn Yankees face the upstart Rays.

Here’s the early game lineups:

Not doing gamethreads vs. Houston this year, I forgot that their obnoxious social media doesn’t actually just tweet out something simple like ... 29 other teams do. They put up some 20 second video that STILL doesn’t tell you the lineup. Trash. So, here’s their ALDS roster:

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Here’s the Rays lineup for this evening. No Yanquis yet, so I’ll pop it in later or just trust you know you it’ll be nine guys the TBS crew will go apeshit over for nine innings plus pre and postgame.

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And here’s the full, breakneck schedule of the LDS series, with Central times (games in italics = if necessary):

Monday, October 5
AL Division Series Game 1, Astros vs. A’s, at Los Angeles, 3 p.m. (TBS)
AL Division Series Game 1, Yankees vs. Rays, at San Diego, 7 p.m. (TBS)

Tuesday, October 6
NL Division Series Game 1, Marlins vs. Atlanta, at Houston, 1 p.m. (FS1)
AL Division Series Game 2, Astros vs. A’s, at Los Angeles, 3:30 p.m. (TBS)
AL Division Series Game 2, Yankees vs. Rays, at San Diego, 7 p.m. (TBS)
NL Division Series Game 1, Padres vs. Dodgers, at Arlington, 8:30 p.m. (FS1)

Wednesday, October 7
NL Division Series Game 2, Marlins vs. Atlanta, at Houston, 1 p.m. (MLBN)
AL Division Series Game 3, A’s vs. Astros, at Los Angeles, 2:30 p.m. (TBS)
AL Division Series Game 3, Rays vs. Yankees, at San Diego, 6 p.m. (TBS)
NL Division Series Game 2, Padres vs. Dodgers, at Arlington, 8 p.m. (FS1)

Thursday, October 8
NL Division Series Game 3, Atlanta vs. Marlins, at Houston, 1 p.m. (FS1)
AL Division Series Game 4, A’s vs. Astros, at Los Angeles, 2:30 p.m. (TBS)
AL Division Series Game 4, Rays vs. Yankees, at San Diego, 6 p.m. (TBS)
NL Division Series Game 3, Dodgers vs. Padres, at Arlington, 8 p.m. (MLBN)

Friday, October 9
NL Division Series Game 4, Atlanta vs. Marlins, at Houston, 1 p.m. (FS1)
AL Division Series Game 5, Astros vs. A’s, at Los Angeles, 2:30 p.m. (TBS)
AL Division Series Game 5, Yankees vs. Rays, at San Diego, 6 p.m. (TBS)
NL Division Series Game 4, Dodgers vs. Padres, at Arlington, 8 p.m. (FS1)

Saturday, October 10
NL Division Series Game 5, Marlins vs. Atlanta, at Houston, 3 p.m. (FS1)
NL Division Series Game 5, Padres vs. Dodgers, at Arlington, 7 p.m. (FS1)

The ALCS begins on Sunday, NLCS on Monday.