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The 1977 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 1977 season.The 74th edition of the World Series, [1] it was a best-of-seven playoff played between the American League (AL) champion New York Yankees and the National League (NL) champion Los Angeles Dodgers. [2]
From 1981 to 1982, he hosted Reggie Jackson's World of Sports for Nickelodeon, which continued in reruns until 1985. He co-authored a book in 2010, Sixty-Feet Six-Inches, with fellow Hall of Famer Bob Gibson. The book, whose title refers to the distance between the pitcher's mound and home plate, details their careers and approach to the game.
The Los Angeles Dodgers would break the string with a World Series win in 1988, having won in 1981. This series had two memorable confrontations between Dodgers rookie pitcher Bob Welch and the Yankees' Reggie Jackson. In Game 2, Welch struck out Jackson in the top of the ninth with two outs and the tying and go-ahead runs on base to end the game.
This comeback would be even more difficult since the Cubs have to claim the final two games on the road - last done by the Pirates in 1979.
This was the last time to date that an American League team had won a World Series Game 7 on the road until 2017, when the Houston Astros did so in Los Angeles. The Reds would go on to form a dynasty for themselves, becoming the third NL team (following the Chicago Cubs in 1907 – 08 and the New York Giants in 1921 – 22 ) to win consecutive ...
Dave Stewart, MLB All-Star and World Series champion, wants to own a team so he can be in a position to increase diversity in the game he loves. From Willie Mays to Reggie Jackson: Why Dave ...
The 14-time American League All-Star and member of five World Series Championship teams joined Mornings on 2 live on Thursday to talk about the rich history of baseball in Oakland and the historic ...
Many other early line dances were adaptations of disco line dance. [17] The Chicken Dance is an example of a line dance adopted by the Mod revival during the 1980s. [18] The music video for the 1990 Billy Ray Cyrus song "Achy Breaky Heart" has been credited for launching line dancing into the mainstream. [2] [19] [20] [21]