Report: MLB will play postseason in bubble, World Series in Texas

Major League Baseball is following the lead of the National Basketball Association and National Hockey League and will play its postseason in a bubble amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, according to Tyler Kepner of the New York Times.

While the league is still working out details with the MLBPA, the World Series will be played at the Texas Rangers' new stadium, Globe Life Field, in Arlington.

The first round of the playoffs, which includes eight teams from each league, will take place at the top seed's home ballpark, Kepner adds. However, teams move to neutral sites beyond the first round.

Earlier reports indicated two separate playoff bubbles - like the NHL - housing the two leagues, with the National League playing across two ballparks in southern California and the American League playing in Texas. That would mean the home of the Los Angeles Dodgers, Los Angeles Angels, and San Diego Padres could be in the running to host Senior Circuit clubs, while the Junior Circuit would play at Globe Life Field and Minute Maid Park - the Houston Astros' home field.

This will be the first time in league history postseason games will be played at neutral sites and the first time since 1944 that a single stadium hosted every game of the Fall Classic. That year, the St. Louis Browns and St. Louis Cardinals made the World Series while they both called Sportsman's Park home.