2000 American League Division Series

2000 American League Division Series
2000 American League Division Series
Teams
Team (Wins)
Team (Wins)
Seattle Mariners (3)
Chicago White Sox (0)
Dates	October 3 – 6
Television	ESPN
TV announcers	Chris Berman and Rick Sutcliffe
Radio	ESPN ; KIRO (Mariners' broadcast) ; WMVP (White Sox broadcast)
Radio announcers	Ernie Harwell and Dave Campbell
Teams
Team (Wins)
Team (Wins)
New York Yankees (3)
Oakland Athletics (2)
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 2000 American League Division Series (ALDS), the opening round of the American League side in Major League Baseball’s (MLB) 2000 postseason, 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.^[1]

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.

^ The higher seed (in parentheses) had the home field advantage (Games 1, 2 and 5 at home), which was determined by playing record. The team with the best record was assigned to play the wild card team, unless they were in the same division. The Athletics were not required to make up their one remaining game against the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in order to win the Western Division title over Seattle; as both teams had qualified for the postseason, Oakland was awarded the division title in the event of a tie on the basis of a 9–4 advantage in head-to-head play.

[1] The higher seed (in parentheses) had the home field advantage (Games 1, 2 and 5 at home), which was determined by playing record. The team with the best record was assigned to play the wild card team, unless they were in the same division. The Athletics were not required to make up their one remaining game against the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in order to win the Western Division title over Seattle; as both teams had qualified for the postseason, Oakland was awarded the division title in the event of a tie on the basis of a 9–4 advantage in head-to-head play.

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