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The 1950 World Series was the 47th World Series between the American and National Leagues for the championship of Major League Baseball. The Philadelphia Phillies as 1950 champions of the National League and the New York Yankees , as 1950 American League champions, competed to win a best-of-seven game series.
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]
On November 8, 1950, Commissioner Happy Chandler and player reps agreed on the split of the TV-radio rights from the World Series. By 1950 World Series games could be seen in most of the country, [1] [2] but not all. 1950 also marked the first time that there was an exclusive network television broadcaster (NBC). West Coast viewers finally saw ...
Coming into the series, the two teams had played 66 World Series games against each other all-time, in which the Yankees had a 37–29 record along with an 8–3 World Series record. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] The 66 head-to-head World Series games was the most between any two teams by far, with the second most being 43 games between the Yankees and the New ...
MLB.TV offers every post season game, including archived broadcasts of the playoffs. There's no free trial, but for $29.99, you can watch the World Series games. If you’d prefer to only listen ...
In both the 1955 and 1956 World Series, the home team won the first six games of the World Series, but lost Game 7. It would not be until 1987 when the home team won all seven games of a World Series. [14] However, the Yankees became the first American League team to lose a World Series in which the home team won all seven games, in 2001. [14] [15]
A 7-6 Game 5 victory, a 4-1 conquest of the Yankees and the club's first World Series title since 2020 and first in a full season since 1988. DODGERS WIN WORLD SERIES: Celebrate with this ...
The 1950 major league baseball season began on April 18, 1950. The regular season ended on October 1, with the Philadelphia Phillies and New York Yankees as the regular season champions of the National League and American League, respectively. The postseason began with Game 1 of the 47th World Series on October 4 and ended with Game 4 on ...