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The victory was the first World Series pitching win of Verlander's career, who had gone 0–6 in his previous eight World Series starts, including Game 1. [ 68 ] The change in the World Series schedule due to rain meant Game 5 went up directly against a Thursday Night Football game between the NFL franchises of both World Series cities, in which the Philadelphia Eagles defeated the Houston ...
The World Series is the annual championship series of Major League Baseball (MLB) in the United States and Canada. It has traditionally been held in October, though some more recent editions were contested in November due to expanded playoffs and/or season delays. It has been contested since 1903 between the champion teams of the American ...
A total of 119 World Series have been contested through 2023, with the AL champion winning 68 and the NL champion winning 51. The New York Yankees of the AL have played in 40 World Series, winning 27 – the most championship appearances and most victories by any team amongst the major North American professional sports leagues.
While New York of the 1940s and 1950s often had two or three teams vying for championships, the two Chicago teams had comparatively little to celebrate for a long time, except for pennants in 1945 (Cubs) and 1959 (Sox), until the White Sox won the 2005 World Series and the Cubs won the 2016 World Series. Historically, each team's fans felt bad for their own team's relatively poor performance ...
The 2022 Atlanta Braves seasonwas the 152nd season of the Atlanta Bravesfranchise, the 57th in Atlanta, and the Braves' sixth season at Truist Park. The Braves were managed by Brian Snitker, in his seventh season as the team’s manager. The Braves entered the season as the defending World Series championsafter defeating the Houston Astrosin ...
Adolis Garcia smacked a home run in the bottom of the 11th to carry the Texas Rangers to a thrilling 6-5 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks in the opening game of the 2023 World Series at Globe ...
The Yankees won four games to one and celebrated their 26th championship in front of Mets fans at Shea Stadium. This was the only time that visiting teams had ever won a World Series at Shea Stadium. The other two times the World Series ended at Shea Stadium, in 1969 and 1986, it ended with the Mets winning. [citation needed]
The following teams are playing in the Division I College World Series beginning Friday. University of Tennessee (55-12) University of Kentucky (45-14) Florida State University (47-15) University ...