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The 1949 World Series featured the New York Yankees and Brooklyn Dodgers, with the Yankees winning in five games for their second defeat of the Dodgers in three years, and the 12th championship in team history. This victory started a record run of five straight World Series championships by the Yankees, and was also the first of 14 AL pennants ...
The 1943 World Series between the New York Yankees and St. Louis Cardinals was the first to have an accompanying World Series highlight film. Initially, the films were created as gifts to troops fighting in World War II , to give them a brief recap of baseball action back home.
The Dodgers answer with 2 runs in the bottom of the frame, but the Yankees hold on to win, 4–3, and take a 2–1 lead in the Series. October 15 – The Yankees down the Dodgers 10–6 at Ebbets Field to win the World Series in 5 games. It is the franchise's 12th World Series title. Pinch hitter Bobby Brown drives in 5 runs for the Yankees.
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]
Dodgers look to take a 3-1 series lead after a dominant win in Game 3 at Citi Field. Follow for live updates. Dodgers one win from World Series after another NLCS blowout vs. Mets: Highlights
Los Angeles poured it on to defeat the Mets in Game 6, getting to the World Series for the first time since 2020. Dodgers march into World Series vs. Yankees by clubbing Mets in NLCS finale ...
Gillette, [1] which produced World Series telecasts [2] from roughly 1947-1965 (before 1966, local announcers, who were chosen by the Gillette Company, the Commissioner of Baseball, and NBC television, exclusively called the World Series), paid for airtime on DuMont's owned-and-operated Pittsburgh affiliate, WDTV (now KDKA-TV) to air the World Series.
And on this Friday night in Los Angeles, Freddie Freeman hit a walk-off grand slam in the 10th inning to nearly the identical spot as Gibson, winning Game 1 of the 2024 World Series. Los Angeles ...