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The most recent World Series champions are the Los Angeles Dodgers. The last team to repeat as champions were the Yankees in 2000 . Two World Series matchups (in 1982 and 2005 ) have no possibility of a rematch due to one of the contending teams switching to the opposing league – the Milwaukee Brewers moved to the NL in 1998, and the Houston ...
The last World Series played outdoors during the day was the final game of the 1984 series in Detroit's Tiger Stadium. The start time of this game (Game 5) was 4:45 PM, making it the last outdoor World Series game to be started during daylight hours, but the game concluded after sunset and the final innings were technically played at night.
Game 1 was the least-watched World Series game ever, in terms of number of viewers, per Nielsen Media Research records dating back to 1968; it was also the first World Series game to draw less than 10 million viewers since Game 3 in 2008, which underwent a 90-minute rain delay. [82] Games 2 and 3 subsequently established new lows.
The teams were then matched against each other in a special division series. Oakland and New York won the 1981 American League Division Series while Los Angeles and Montreal won the 1981 National League Division Series. [1]
1989 winner Dave Stewart was the first pitcher to win two games each in a League Championship Series and a World Series in the same postseason. 1996 winner John Wetteland set a World Series record with four saves. [116] The 2001 co-MVPs, Randy Johnson and Curt Schilling, combined for all four of Arizona's wins in the Series. [71]
That time, the lead didn't last. The Yankees rallied for an 11-4 win to stave off a sweep and force Game 5.But Freeman's home run did make history.With his sixth straight World Series game with a ...
As a lefty reliever, he was on the playoff roster for all three World Series champions from 2021 to 2023: the 2021 Atlanta Braves, the 2022 Houston Astros and the 2023 Texas Rangers.
The 120th edition of the World Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff between the National League (NL) champion Los Angeles Dodgers and the American League (AL) champion New York Yankees. It was the Dodgers' first World Series appearance and win since 2020, and the Yankees' first World Series appearance since 2009.