The baseball playoffs are on! Set your alarm for the ninth inning.

ST. PETERSBURG — Three items of interest, completely unrelated. 1. A week ago, the Bucs and Eagles played a Thursday night game that drew more than 14 million viewers. 2. On that very same night, the Giants and Dodgers had their first winner-take-all playoff game in nearly 60 years. It drew about 6.5 million viewers. 3. Through the first three weeks of MLB's postseason, the average length of a ...