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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]
Nevertheless, the Braves swept the Athletics—the first unqualified sweep in the young history of the modern World Series (the 1907 World Series had one tied game)—to win the world championship. Meanwhile, former Chicago Cubs infielder Johnny Evers , in his second season with the Braves, won the Chalmers Award .
Aaron was also honored in the design of the team's World Series championship ring, which includes 755 total diamonds to commemorate Aaron's career home runs, and 44 emerald-cut diamonds to represent Aaron's jersey number with the Braves. [84] This was the start of three straight National League teams making the World Series with a sub-90 win total.
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They stumbled early. They only managed 88 wins in the regular season. But by the time October rolled around, the Braves were ready to make a run.
The 2018 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's 2018 season.The 114th edition of the World Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff played between the American League (AL) champion Boston Red Sox and the National League (NL) champion Los Angeles Dodgers.
The Nationals' win marked the sixth straight year that a team clinched the World Series title via a win on the road, [note 9] including four times that a Game 7 was won by the visiting team. [93] For the first time in major North American sports history, the visiting team won all seven games of a best-of-seven postseason series.
He hit .269/.358/.524 with 14 homers in 242 plate appearances for Atlanta in the regular season and is one of several players acquired at midseason who have helped the Braves reach the World ...