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The 29th edition of the World Series, it matched the American League champion New York Yankees versus the National League champions Chicago Cubs. The Yankees won in a four-game sweep. By far it is mostly noteworthy for Babe Ruth's "called shot" home run, in his 10th and last World Series. It was punctuated by fiery arguments between the two ...
The 2016 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 2016 season.The 112th edition of the World Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff between the National League (NL) champion Chicago Cubs and the American League (AL) champion Cleveland Indians, the first meeting of those franchises in postseason history.
The Cubs then defeated the San Francisco Giants in the NLDS (3–1) followed by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the NLCS (4–2) to win the NL pennant for the first time since 1945. In the 2016 World Series, the Cubs ended their 108-year World Series Championship drought by defeating the Cleveland Indians in a seven-game series (4–3).
There could be a few alterations to the Yankees' World Series roster ... (2016 Chicago Cubs). In the Yankees’ nine playoff games, leadoff man Gleyber Torres has reached safely eight times in the ...
Giancarlo Stanton home run gives Yankees 2-1 lead. ... Dodgers World Series roster: LA loses key pitcher to injury ... 2016: Chicago Cubs. 2015: Kansas City Royals. 2014: ...
The Yankees will send up Judge and Stanton to start the ninth inning. But before that, there's the matter of getting through Cleveland's middle of the order here in the eighth, and Jake Cousins is ...
The Cubs were the defending World Series champions, having defeated the Cleveland Indians in the 2016 World Series. The Cubs began the season on April 2, 2017, at the St. Louis Cardinals and finished the regular season October 1 at home against the Cincinnati Reds. The Cubs finished the season 92–70 in first place in the Central Division.
For six and a half seconds, the entire ballpark — and an eager Yankees fan base watching around the world — wondered if Soto had just hit a home run to send New York to the World Series for ...