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The 2009 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 2009 season.As the 105th [1] edition of the World Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff contested between the Philadelphia Phillies, champions of the National League (NL) and defending World Series champions, and the New York Yankees, champions of the American League (AL).
George W. Bush, 2001 World Series Game 3, Yankee Stadium, October 30, 2001. The ceremonial first pitch is a longstanding ritual of baseball in which a guest of honor throws a ball to mark the end of pregame festivities and the start of the game.
Christy Mathewson is the career leader in World Series complete games, with 10 during 1905–1913, all for the New York Giants. [2] While complete games were once common in the World Series (the first edition without a complete game was 1959) [3] the most recent World Series complete game win was thrown by Johnny Cueto for the Kansas City ...
This was the fourth time Bush has thrown out a World Series first pitch. The first time was when the Diamondbacks upset the Yankees. Was former President George W. Bush’s World Series ceremonial ...
With the New York Yankees hosting their first World Series game since 2009, the team had someone that was part of that last championship team throw out the first pitch.. Derek Jeter, a five-time ...
Philadelphia falls two wins short of becoming the first NL team to repeat as World Series champions since the 1975–'76 Cincinnati Reds. Phillies second baseman Chase Utley ties Reggie Jackson's record with five home runs in a Series, but first baseman Ryan Howard strikes out 13 times to set a record in the Classic. The clincher marks the ...
The New York Yankees will have to work overtime to advance to their first World Series since 2009. ... Bo Naylor capped a 10-pitch at-bat against Carlos Rodón by lining a double into the right ...
[1] [2] This came into play for the first time when the Detroit Tigers and the Minnesota Twins tied for the lead of the American League Central at the end of the regular season (October 4); the one-game playoff was played on October 6 at the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome as the Twins won the season series, 11–7.