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The 1998 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 1998 season. The 94th edition of the World Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff between the American League (AL) champion New York Yankees and the National League (NL) champion San Diego Padres. The Yankees swept the Padres in four games to win their second ...
June 2, 1998: Drew Henson was drafted by the New York Yankees in the 3rd round of the 1998 amateur draft. Player signed July 24, 1998. [14] June 28, 1998: Ken Huckaby was signed as a free agent with the New York Yankees. [15] August 3, 1998: Dale Sveum was released by the New York Yankees. [7] September 29, 1998: Alfonso Soriano was purchased ...
The 1998 Major League Baseball season ended with the New York Yankees sweeping the San Diego Padres in the World Series, after they had won a then AL record 114 regular season games. The Yankees finished with 125 wins for the season (regular season and playoffs combined), which remains the MLB record.
The 1919 and 2017 World Series were both marred with cheating scandals: the Black Sox Scandal and the Houston Astros sign stealing scandal. The most recent World Series champions are the Los Angeles Dodgers. The last team to repeat as champions were the Yankees in 2000.
January 11 – Joe Becker, 89, catcher for the Cleveland Indians from 1936 to 1937, later a pitching coach for the Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers (1955–1964), St. Louis Cardinals (1965–1966) and Chicago Cubs (1967–1970); his Dodger pitchers contributed to three World Series titles (1955, 1959, 1963).
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LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Dodgers bullpen will be missing a crucial piece from its arsenal in the World Series. The team's roster announced Friday did not include reliever Evan Phillips ...
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