MLB playoffs 2023: Inside D-backs' scramble to change October plans - ESPN

When a team makes an unexpected MLB playoff run, there are all the things we see: players getting their chance to shine under the bright lights of the postseason, sold-out stadiums and a city coming alive as its team becomes baseball's version of a Cinderella story. But when even the members of the team upsetting its way through the postseason didn't see it coming, there is a behind-the-scenes scramble to rearrange plans made before the realization that division series and league championship series dates would rule their October calendars.

In the case of the Arizona Diamondbacks, who just might be the most surprising LCS participant in MLB history, that has meant everything from telling a legendary rock band to find another date to play their home ballpark to nonrefundable vacation plans gone awry and wedding RSVPs changed from «will attend» to «regretfully declined.»

First, it was the venue the Diamondbacks play in that had to adjust — not uncommon when facilities are used for multiple purposes. A Guns N' Roses concert scheduled at Chase Field during the divisional series was moved, while an event scheduled for this Saturday — a Hispanic Family Fiesta — might not be held either, if the D-backs can force a Game 5 against the Philadelphia Phillies.

The Diamondbacks weren't even assured a postseason berth until the second-to-last day of the regular season. Then came their stunning sweeps of the Milwaukee Brewers and Los Angeles Dodgers in the first two rounds of the playoffs, leaving many within the organization hurrying to adjust their plans.

«I have a pending rotator cuff procedure that I've put off twice this month,» front office special assistant Jason McLeod said. «Now it's in mid-November. First date was Oct. 7 and