The 2020 Major League Baseball postseason was uniquely shaped by the COVID-19 pandemic, featuring a shortened 60-game season and an expanded 16-team playoff bracket that began on September 29. To accommodate the format, a new best-of-three Wild Card series was introduced as the opening round—a structure that later became a permanent fixture starting in 2022. The field was notable for both endings and beginnings: the Miami Marlins snapped a 17-year playoff drought, while the Oakland Athletics made their final postseason appearance before relocating to Las Vegas, and for the first time since 2008, both Chicago teams (Cubs and White Sox) reached the playoffs. The tournament concluded on October 27 at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas, where the Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the Tampa Bay Rays in six games to capture their first World Series title since 1988—the seventh championship in franchise history.