Game 5 tonight! 3 big storylines to watch

Plus: A Q&A with The Miz

Saturday, October 10 View In Browser  TOP NEWS What you need to know ahead of Game 5 tonight   The White Sox and Guardians have played 17 times this year, and their season-long war of attrition fittingly comes down to this: A win-or-go-home Game 5 for the right to advance to the ALCS vs. the Rays. Williams gets start for Guards in Game 5 -- two days after closing out Game 4 Vargas goes from almost leaving baseball to 'steady presence' for White Sox Should Rays want to face White Sox or Guardians in ALCS? 5 reasons NLCS vs. Dodgers is different for Brewers this time around Dodgers tab Skubal for Game 1 of NLCS, then Yamamoto in Game 2 Absolute fire: A Q&A with Brewers ace Jacob Misiorowski Restored faith in Díaz gives Roberts another leverage weapon entering NLCS What if MLB played less baseball -- and got more out of it? MORE TOP NEWS ADD MLB AS YOUR PREFERRED SOURCE ON GOOGLE PERSONALIZE STORIES STAFF PICKS Titles don't come easy in Cleveland. Just ask a native The Guardians' World Series championship drought is 78 years old, and to snap it, they're going to have to do it the hard way. A two-sport star at Princeton, the White Sox manager had hoop dreams Will Venable was the Bo Jackson of the Ivy League, starring on the diamond and the hardwood -- and expecting to pursue basketball beyond school.  How the World Baseball Classic helped two Rays stars prepare for October The success Junior Caminero and Jonathan Aranda had in the ALDS goes back to the atmosphere they played in during the March tournament. Too early to talk about 2027 Rookies of the Year? Nah MLB Pipeline's Jim Callis discusses some Rookie of the Year candidates for next season -- including Josue De Paula (Dodgers) and Franklin Arias (Red Sox) -- in the latest Pipeline Inbox. Mike Ditka did everything at full speed -- including 'Take Me Out to the Ballgame' The legendary Chicago Bears coach, who passed away on Friday, made a memorable appearance at Wrigley Field in 1998. Vote for the Allan H. Selig Award The Allan H. Selig Award for Philanthropic Excellence celebrates the impact MLB Clubs make off the field. This year’s finalists are changing the game through their philanthropy. PLAY A SPORCLE BASEBALL QUIZ! MORE FREE GAMES AT MLB PLAY THE BRACKET MLB NETWORK Stream MLB Network with MLB+ Your MLB+ subscription includes access to MLB Network 24/7 with live coverage before and after every Postseason game. Plus, listen to every game live throughout October. Stream today! MLB Tonight before & after tonight’s ALDS Game 5 Who will advance? Tune to MLB Tonight at 7 p.m. ET and following the final out for the latest highlights, interviews, expert analysis and more from tonight’s White Sox vs. Guardians ALDS Game 5 presented by Booking.com. MORE FROM MLB NETWORK © 2026 MLB Advanced Media, L.P. MLB trademarks and copyrights are used with permission of Major League Baseball. Visit MLB.com. Any other marks used herein are trademarks of their respective owners. Please review our Privacy Policy. You (geoffgould.gr8iphone@blogger.com) received this message because you registered to receive commercial email messages from MLB.com. Please add info@marketing.mlbemail.com to your address book to ensure our messages reach your inbox. If you no longer wish to receive commercial email messages from MLB.com, please unsubscribe  or log in and manage your email subscriptions. Postal Address: MLB.com, c/o MLB Advanced Media, L.P., 1271 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10020.