[Sept 27] A Legend's Last Pitch, and the AL West Comes Down to the Last Day

Box Score Brains: A Kids' Baseball IQ & Stats Podcast · Sep 27, 2026 · 8m

It's the very last day of the 2026 regular season! The Astros and Rangers are still dead even at 80-81 for the AL West -- and the loser goes home for good. Plus: Tigers legend Justin Verlander made the final start of his Hall-of-Fame career, walked off the mound by his own daughter. The Batter's Box has an Astros power show, and Baseball IQ travels back to 1978 for the most famous tiebreaker game ever played.

[Corrected 2026-09-29: Verlander had no idea his daughter would walk him off, and MLB's last tiebreaker game was in 2018.]

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