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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]
Major League Baseball is the oldest of North America's major professional sports organizations, with roots dating back to the 1870s. The final series to determine its champion has been called the "World Series" (originally "World's Championship Series" and then "World's Series") as far back as the National League's contests with the American Association starting at the beginning of the 1880s.
The league championship series and the World Series are each a 2-3-2 format: The higher seed hosts the first two games, the lower seed hosts Games 3, 4 and 5 (if necessary), and the higher seed ...
The Dodgers overcame a 3–1 series deficit to defeat the Braves in seven games and return to the World Series for the third time in the past four years. Freddie Freeman, Austin Riley, and Ozzie Albies all homered for the Braves as they took Game 1. Game 2 was a shootout between both teams’ offenses, which was won by the Braves as Freeman and ...
October 30: World Series Game 5 (if necessary) November 1: World Series Game 6 (if necessary) November 2: World Series Game 7 (if necessary) MLB playoff picture: Wild card standings, latest 2024 ...
In Game 3, the Angels blew out the Giants to go up 2–1 in the series as Ramón Ortiz got the best of Liván Hernández, while the Giants narrowly took Game 4 by one run to even the series. In Game 5, the Giants embarrassed the Angels in a 16–4 blowout to be one win away from their first World Series title since 1954 .
The Yankees won Game 2 by a narrow 6–5 score to go up 2–0 in the series. When the series shifted to Queens for Game 3, the Mets prevailed by a 4–2 score to avoid a sweep. However, the Yankees narrowly prevailed in Games 4 and 5 to secure the title and cap off a three-peat. Game 5 was the last World Series game ever played at Shea Stadium.
The Dodgers are in a race for World Series home-field advantage despite being all but certain as the National League No. 2 seed behind the Braves, giving L.A. a bye into the NLDS.