1998 American League Division Series

1998 American League Division Series
1998 American League Division Series
Teams
Team (Wins)
Team (Wins)
New York Yankees (3)
Texas Rangers (0)
Dates	September 29–October 2
Television	Fox (Game 1); NBC (Games 2–3)
TV announcers	Joe Buck and Tim McCarver (Game 1); Bob Costas and Joe Morgan (Games 2–3)
Radio	ESPN
Radio announcers	Dan Shulman and Buck Martinez
Teams
Team (Wins)
Team (Wins)
Cleveland Indians (3)
Boston Red Sox (1)
Dates	September 29 – October 3
Television	ESPN (Games 1–3); Fox (Game 4)
TV announcers	Chris Berman and Ray Knight (Games 1–3); Joe Buck and Tim McCarver (Game 4)
Radio	ESPN
Radio announcers	Ernie Harwell and Dave Campbell
Umpires	Jim Joyce, Rich Garcia, Tim Tschida, Drew Coble, Terry Craft (Yankees–Rangers, Games 1–2; Indians–Red Sox, Games 3–4); Durwood Merrill (Yankees–Rangers, Games 1–2; Indians–Red Sox, Game 3); Dale Scott, Joe Brinkman, John Hirschbeck, Larry McCoy, Dave Phillips (Indians–Red Sox, Games 1–2; Yankees–Rangers, Game 3); Chuck Meriwether (Indians–Red Sox, Games 1–2,4)

The 1998 American League Division Series (ALDS), the opening round of the 1998 American League playoffs, began on Tuesday, September 29, and ended on Saturday, October 3, 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) New York Yankees (Eastern Division champion, 114–48) vs. (3) Texas Rangers (Western Division champion, 88–74): Yankees win series, 3–0.
(2) Cleveland Indians (Central Division champion, 89–73) vs. (4) Boston Red Sox (Wild Card, 92–70): Indians win series, 3–1.^[1]

The New York Yankees and Cleveland Indians went on to meet in the AL Championship Series (ALCS). The Yankees became the American League champion and defeated the National League champion San Diego Padres in the 1998 World Series.

^ The higher seed (in parentheses) had the home-field advantage, which for the first time was determined by playing record. Also for the first time, the team with home-field advantage played the first two games at home, with potentially Game 5 at home as well; previously, the team with the home-field advantage had played the first two games on the road and potentially the rest of the series at home. The Red Sox were ineligible for home-field advantage due to not winning their division.

[1] The higher seed (in parentheses) had the home-field advantage, which for the first time was determined by playing record. Also for the first time, the team with home-field advantage played the first two games at home, with potentially Game 5 at home as well; previously, the team with the home-field advantage had played the first two games on the road and potentially the rest of the series at home. The Red Sox were ineligible for home-field advantage due to not winning their division.

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