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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]
The 1990 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 1990 season. The 87th edition of the World Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff played between the defending champions and heavily favored American League (AL) champion Oakland Athletics and the National League (NL) champion Cincinnati Reds .
When the series shifted to Oakland, the Reds blew out the Athletics again in Game 3 to take a 3–0 series lead. In Game 4, Rijo, who was on three-days rest, along with Myers, helped preserve a one run Reds lead to complete the sweep and clinch the title. The 1990 Athletics became the sixth 100+ win team to be swept in the postseason.
The Major League Baseball postseason is an elimination tournament conducted after the regular season, by which MLB determines its World Series champion for a given year.. The MLB postseason format has evolved throughout its history, with the number of participating teams increasing from two (for its first six-plus decades) to the current 12, with a special format in 2020 having 16.
The first scheduled night World Series game was Game 4 of the 1971 World Series at Three Rivers Stadium. [24] Afterward, World Series games were frequently scheduled at night, when television audiences were larger. Game 6 of the 1987 World Series was the last World Series game played in the daytime, [25] indoors at the Metrodome in Minnesota.
Former Giants manager Roger Craig, seen here in 1990, died Sunday. ... He retired after the 1966 season with a 3.83 ERA over 368 appearances and 186 starts. ... He got the Giants to the World ...
The Reds are the first National League team to lead their division wire-to-wire since the inception of the 162-game season in 1962. September 30 – Harold Reynolds of the Seattle Mariners grounds out; shortstop Scott Fletcher to first baseman Steve Lyons , giving the Chicago White Sox a 2–1 victory in the final game to ever be played at ...
Jun 20, 2016; Omaha, NE, USA; Miami Hurricanes infielder Edgar Michelangeli (16) fields a ground ball in the eighth inning against the UC Santa Barbara Gauchos in the 2016 College World Series at ...