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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]
Host city of the 2014 Major League Baseball All-Star Game: New York Mets: Remembrance of the life of long time broadcaster Ralph Kiner [142] Remembrance of the life of former general manager Frank Cashen: Oakland Athletics: 25th Anniversary World Series champions reunion Remembrance of the life of former pitcher Bob Welch (July 19) Philadelphia ...
The 2014 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 2014 season. The 110th edition of the World Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff between the National League (NL) champion San Francisco Giants and the American League (AL) champion Kansas City Royals. The series was played from October 21 to 29.
The New York Yankees have the highest all-time regular season win–loss percentage (.569) in Major League Baseball history. Major League Baseball (MLB) is a professional baseball organization, which consists of a total of 30 teams—15 teams in the National League (NL) and 15 in the American League (AL). The NL and AL were formed in 1876 and ...
"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Ten years ago today, on October 29, 2014, pitcher Madison Bumgarner won the title of most valuable ...
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]
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]
October 7, 2014 – The Giants defeat the Washington Nationals in Game 4 of the Division Series to win the series 3–1, and advance to the Championship Series to face the St. Louis Cardinals. [ 9 ] October 16, 2014 – The Giants defeat the St. Louis Cardinals 6–3 in Game 5 of the Championship Series to win the National League pennant and ...