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The 2012 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 2012 season. [1] The 108th edition of the World Series, the series was a best-of-seven playoff between the National League (NL) champion San Francisco Giants and the American League (AL) champion Detroit Tigers; the Giants won in a four-game sweep. This marked ...
Major League Baseball enters the 6th year of seven-year contracts it signed with its broadcast partners prior to the 2007 season. This year, Fox will televise the Saturday Game of the Week (which will be shown in prime time each week from May 19 to July 7), the All-Star Game, the National League Championship Series, and the World Series.
The 2012 National League Championship Series was a best-of-seven playoff in Major League Baseball’s 2012 postseason pitting the third-seeded San Francisco Giants against the defending World Series champion and fifth-seeded St. Louis Cardinals for the National League pennant and the right to play in the 2012 World Series.
This was the third straight World Series win by the National League. This was the first time the Tigers had been swept in the World Series since their first appearance in 1907. To date, this is the most recent World Series to end in a sweep. With the win, the Giants moved up to 3–2 against AL Central teams in the World Series.
Start of Major League Baseball games depends on days of the week, game number in series, holidays, and other factors. As of 2021, most games start at 6:30 p.m., 7 p.m., or 7:30 p.m. in the local time zone, so there are more night games than day games even though baseball is traditionally played during the day.
The 2012 American League Championship Series was a best-of-seven playoff in Major League Baseball's 2012 postseason pitting the top-seeded New York Yankees against the third-seeded Detroit Tigers for the American League pennant and the right to play in the 2012 World Series. The series, the 43rd in league history, began on Saturday, October 13 ...
The Giants defeated the St. Louis Cardinals in seven games after overcoming a 3–1 deficit in the NLCS and advancing to the World Series to face the Detroit Tigers. They swept the Tigers in four games to win their second World Series title in three years. The season also saw Giants pitcher Matt Cain throw a perfect game on June 13, 2012.
March 2 – Major League Baseball expands its playoff format to 10 teams for the 2012 season, adding a second wild card in each league. The decision establishes a new one-game, wild-card round in each league between the teams with the best records. [7] March 16 – Andy Pettitte comes out of retirement to a $2.5 million deal with the New York ...