Baseball ends its season the way it always does: slowly, then all at once. The 2026 World Series opens on Friday 23 October at American Family Field, with the Milwaukee Brewers hosting the American League champion. Game 2 follows on Saturday, then the series moves to the AL park for Games 3 and 4 on Monday and Tuesday.
The Brewers are back in the Fall Classic for the first time in decades, and they got there by out-pitching the Dodgers in the NLCS. On the other side, Cleveland and Tampa Bay went the distance in the ALCS, with a Game 7 on Tuesday night deciding who gets on the plane to Milwaukee.
The part that matters if you live in Europe
Every game starts at 8 pm Eastern. That is 2 am in the Netherlands and Germany, 1 am in the UK, and 3 am in Spain. Seven games in nine days, all in the middle of the night. If you are an American expat, you already know the routine: nap in the evening, coffee at first pitch, regret at work the next morning.
It is a strange thing about living abroad. The sport you grew up with becomes a nocturnal hobby. The local bar shows football, the office talks about the Champions League, and your team is playing while everyone else sleeps.
And there is a lot of football this week too
Champions League Matchday 3 runs Tuesday 20 and Wednesday 21 October. Liverpool host Villarreal, Manchester City take on AEK Athens, PSG meet Barcelona in Paris, and Bayern welcome Arsenal on the Wednesday. The weekend brings Aston Villa v Manchester City at 12:30 on Saturday and Chelsea v Tottenham at 17:30, with Liverpool v Brighton and Manchester United v Bournemouth on Sunday afternoon.
So the week is stacked: European nights, a Premier League round, and a World Series that runs on American time.
Getting all of it on one screen
Here is where expats get stuck. Your local package sells you the local rights. The baseball is on a US broadcaster that geo-blocks you. The Champions League is split between two or three subscriptions depending on the country you are in. You end up paying for four services and still missing games.
An IPTV line is the boring solution: the sports channels from home plus the international ones, on the TV you already have. Our guide to watching live sports abroad goes through football, F1, tennis and baseball, and the MLB playoffs piece covers the American side in more detail. If you followed the earlier rounds, the championship series write-up explains how we got here.
Related reading
- Champions League Matchday 3: The Ties Worth Staying Up For
- Premier League This Weekend: The Games Expats Chase
- Best IPTV for Expats in 2026: What to Look For
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