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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 ]
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]
The 1977 New York Yankees season was the 75th season for the Yankees. The team won the World Series, which was the 21st title in franchise history and the first under the ownership of George Steinbrenner. New York was managed by Billy Martin, and played at Yankee Stadium in The Bronx.
August 21, 1977: Ron Guidry helped push the Yankees past the Baltimore Orioles and within half a game of the Red Sox. Game 6 of the 1977 World Series : The Yankees had achieved a 3–2 games advantage against the Los Angeles Dodgers in the best-of-seven championship series, "and the teams had become emblematic of the cities for the time being ...
USA Today front page wall art. World Series MVP Freddie Freeman earned his own commemorative cover with 12 RBI in the World Series, including the first walk-off grand slam in World Series history ...
August 19 – Bob Klinger, 69, pitcher who compiled a 66–61 record for the Pittsburgh Pirates (1938–1943) and Boston Red Sox (1946–1947); losing pitcher in decisive Game 7 of 1946 World Series; August 19 – Russ Taylor, 51, Montreal sportscaster who was the #2 play-by-play broadcaster for the Expos' English-language radio team from their ...
No matchup in World Series history has been more common than Yankees vs. Dodgers. This year's meeting will be the 12th in MLB history, though most of those were played as families gathered around ...
1977 was a year of more demons, epiphanies, more decay, more denial, so many crazy fights and nights. Skip to main content. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 ...