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In the "Original 16" era (1901–1960), there were 8 teams in each league and teams in each league played each other 22 times a season. [1] With the second American League incarnation of the Washington Senators (now the Texas Rangers) and the Los Angeles Angels entering play as expansion teams in 1961, MLB increased the total number of games American League teams played to 162, which meant ...
The tone of baseball rivalries changed in the early 1990s; fraternization between players who had moved to different teams or knew each other from various ventures kept baseball rivalries to a "friendly" level. [62] However, Major League Baseball's 1994 divisional re-alignment solidified the rivalry between the Phillies and Mets.
The Lone Star Series (also known as the Silver Boot Series) is a Major League Baseball (MLB) rivalry featuring Texas' two major league franchises, the Houston Astros and Texas Rangers. It is an outgrowth of the "natural rivalry" established by MLB as part of interleague play as the Rangers are a member of the American League (AL) and the Astros ...
All MLB teams start playing each other annually. Four-game format (two games at each ballpark) used for interleague rivals. Fourth season series sweep by the Dodgers. Dodgers finish the longest win streak of the series, a 10-game winning streak. 2024: Tie: 2–2: Tie, 1–1 Tie, 1–1 Angels 75–73
On August 21 and 22, the Giants make history by becoming the first MLB team to hit lead-changing pinch-hit home runs in the eighth inning or later in back-to-back games. Giants win Bay Bridge Trophy. Giants finish with the best record in the league (107–55). 2022: Giants: 3–1: Giants, 2–0 Tie, 1–1 Athletics 85 ...
All MLB teams start playing each other in a season; Four-game series format used for interleague rivals. Cubs sweep at Guaranteed Rate Field. 2024: Cubs: 4–0: Cubs, 2–0 Cubs, 2–0 White Sox 78–74 Cubs sweep the season series for the third time. White Sox lose 121 games, the most in modern MLB history. 2025: May 16 ...
Despite the marketing of the Beltway Series as a "Battle of the Beltways" and the animosity some Baltimore and Washington baseball fans feel toward one another's teams and cities, some observers – both sports journalists and fans – question whether a Nationals-Orioles rivalry truly exists, arguing that it is a "manufactured" rivalry born of ...
A scoreboard is a large board for publicly displaying the score in a game. [citation needed] Most levels of sport from high school and above use at least one scoreboard for keeping score, measuring time, and displaying statistics. Scoreboards in the past used a mechanical clock and numeral cards to display the score.