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The World Series is the annual championship series of Major League Baseball (MLB) and concludes the MLB postseason.First played in 1903, [1] the World Series championship is a best-of-seven playoff and is a contest between the champions of baseball's National League (NL) and American League (AL). [2]
Nadiya Jamir Hussain [1] MBE (née Begum; [2] born 25 December 1984) is a British television chef, [3] [4] author [5] and television personality. [6] She rose to fame after winning the sixth series of BBC's The Great British Bake Off in 2015. [7]
After the boycott of 1904, the World Series was played every year until 1994 despite World War I, the global influenza pandemic of 1918–1919, the Great Depression of the 1930s, America's involvement in World War II, and even an earthquake in the host cities of the 1989 World Series. A breakdown in collective bargaining led to a strike in ...
Baker baking bread in an oven – miniature in a 13th-century psalter Peasants sharing bread, from the Livre du roi Modus et de la reine Ratio, France, 14th century (Bibliothèque nationale) In medieval Europe, bread served not only as a staple food but also as part of the table service.
Berra and the Yankees would exact some measure of revenge the next year against the Dodgers in the greatest single performance in World Series history when Don Larsen through a perfect game in Game 5.
That time, the lead didn't last. The Yankees rallied for an 11-4 win to stave off a sweep and force Game 5.But Freeman's home run did make history.With his sixth straight World Series game with a ...
In 2017, Charlie Sheen sold Ruth's 1927 World Series ring for $2,093,927 at auction, a record for a championship ring. [255] The jersey Ruth wore when hitting his "called shot" home run in the 1932 World Series sold in 2024 for $24 million. It set a new record for a sports collectible. [256] Ruth memorabilia at the Baseball Hall of Fame (2014)
The following is a list of people who are considered a "father" or "mother" (or "founding father" or "founding mother") of a scientific field.Such people are generally regarded to have made the first significant contributions to and/or delineation of that field; they may also be seen as "a" rather than "the" father or mother of the field.