The B.O.A.R.D.: Who did this postseason belong to?

By Jake Mintz and Jordan Shusterman

November 3, 2017

Each October, the MLB postseason belongs to someone or something. Whether it's the Rally Monkey in 2002, Daniel Murphy in 2015 or David Ross last year, October is always dominated by a particular force. With so much good baseball packed into one month, it's sometimes tough to follow all the madness, so we created the Baseball October Arbitrary Rankings Device (The B.O.A.R.D.) to keep track of it all.
On April 2, at roughly 1:12 p.m. ET, Rays right-hander Chris Archer delivered the first pitch of the 2017 season. At 11:59 p.m. ET on Nov. 1, Astros right-hander Charlie Morton threw the final pitch of the 2017 season, getting Corey Seager to ground out to second baseman José Altuve. The Astros defeated the Dodgers, 5-1, in Wednesday's Game 7 to clinch the organization's first ever World Series championship.
Throughout October (and into November, thanks to Game 7), we've been asking: Who does this postseason belong to? What images will we conjure up in 5, 10, 20 years when reflecting back on the 2017 postseason? Which players etched their names in baseball history with iconic on-field performances and memorable off-field moments?
For one final time -- and before we switched our gears into full offseason mode -- we turned to The B.O.A.R.D. to determine who truly owned the 2017 postseason now that it is all said and done.
Over the course of the last month, 38 different players (and entities) have appeared on the B.O.A.R.D. Below is our ranking of B.O.A.R.D. members No. 38 through 6, based on our assessment of their impact on the 2017 postseason, and who we feel we will remember most.
38. JD Martinez
37. Paul Goldschmidt
36. Terry Francona
35. Anthony Rizzo

Trevor Bauer
33. Elsa Garrison
32. Javier Báez
31. Mother Nature
30. Archie Bradley

Wade Davis
28. Vin Scully
27. Greg Bird
26. Enrique Hernández
25. Bryce Harper

CC Sabathia
23. Masahiro Tanaka
22. Corey Seager
21. Yankees bullpen
20. Stephen Strasburg
19. Todd Frazier

Aaron Judge
17. Didi Gregorius
16. Brad Peacock
15. Cody Bellinger
14. Joc Pederson

Lance McCullers Jr.
12. Charlie Morton
11. Yankee Stadium
10. Chris Taylor
9. Yasiel Puig

Clayton Kershaw
7. Sports Illustrated
6. Justin Turner
Who cracked the top 5 on the final B.O.A.R.D.? And who did we determine the 2017 postseason ultimately belonged to? Check out the video above to find out.