What an incredible finish to the regular season: blown saves, big collapses and extra-inning thrillers to decide the two wild cards. So with the playoffs set to begin, there's just enough time to take a deep breath and make a few picks for baseball's individual awards. Not an easy task, though, because the MVP derby in both leagues came down to the wire as well.

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The 2011 baseball playoffs started early Wednesday. On a night of unprecedented drama for the final day of the regular season, the wild-card races in both leagues went into extra innings. The drama peaked right around midnight on the East Coast.

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Charlie Manuel scoffed at the notion of second place. So did Phillies stars Jimmy Rollins and Roy Oswalt. Even if it meant a playoff spot. "We don't care about the wild card," Manuel said this week. OK, Charlie. Let the Philadelphia manager focus on overtaking Atlanta in the NL East. And surely the New York Yankees and Tampa Bay Rays are thinking about winning the AL East, rather than...

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