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The 1998 Major League Baseball season ended with the New York Yankees sweeping the San Diego Padres in the World Series, after they had won a then AL record 114 regular season games. The Yankees finished with 125 wins for the season (regular season and playoffs combined), which remains the MLB record.
Wood also becomes the second pitcher in baseball history to record a single-game strikeout total equal to his age (in 1936, 17-year-old Bob Feller struck out 17 batters). Wood strikes out the first five batters of the game, and seven in a row between the 7th and 9th innings, tying Jamie Moyer 's Cubs record for most consecutive strikeouts.
The 1998 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 1998 season. The 94th edition of the World Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff between the American League (AL) champion New York Yankees and the National League (NL) champion San Diego Padres. The Yankees swept the Padres in four games to win their second ...
1998 Winter Olympics held in Nagano, Japan. Germany wins the most medals (29), and the most gold medals (12) Asian Games held in Bangkok, Thailand; 1998 Commonwealth Games held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia [2] Central American and Caribbean Games held in Maracaibo, Venezuela; Summer Goodwill Games held in New York City, United States
There were 16 teams taking part in the 1998 World Cup of Basketball. After the 1996 Olympics, the continental allocation for FIBA Americas was reduced by one when the United States won the Olympic tournament, automatically qualifying them for the 1998 World Cup. Host nation: 1 berth; 1996 Summer Olympics: 12 teams competing for 1 berth, removed ...
The total of six games were played in the Olympic Hall. In addition to the host Greek national team the national teams from Poland and Japan also took part. The field of participants completed one NCAA-Selection from the United States. For Japan and Poland, the 1998 Acropolis tournament was the first participation in the competition. [1]
The 1998 Major League Baseball postseason was the playoff tournament of Major League Baseball for the 1998 season. The winners of the League Division Series would move on to the League Championship Series to determine the pennant winners that face each other in the World Series. This was the first postseason in which teams were seeded by their ...
Event Athlete Nation Performance Meeting Place Date One hour run: Tegla Loroupe Kenya 18,340m Borgholzhausen, Germany : 7 August Pole vault: Emma George Australia 4.57 m North Shore, NZL