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The 2021 Major League Baseball season began on April 1, while the regular season ended on October 3. [1] The postseason began on October 5. The World Series then began on October 26 and ended on November 2 with the Atlanta Braves defeating the Houston Astros in six games to win their second title since moving to Atlanta.
The Dodgers upset MLB-best Giants in five games to advance to the NLCS for the fifth time in the past six years. Logan Webb allowed only five hits in 7 + 2 ⁄ 3 scoreless innings as the Giants took Game 1 in a shutout. In Game 2, the Dodgers blew out the Giants to even the series headed to Los Angeles.
Henry and Holly Stephenson, a husband-and-wife team, were in charge of constructing the MLB calendar for over two decades (1981–2004). [5] [6] [7] For the 2005 schedule, the MLB selected the Sports Scheduling Group, a small company located outside Pittsburgh, to craft the schedule for that year. Each year, the MLB considers the scheduling ...
The 2021 Chicago Cubs season was the 150th season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 146th in the National League, and the Cubs' 106th season at Wrigley Field. The Cubs were managed by David Ross , in his second year as Cubs manager, and played their home games at Wrigley Field as members of Major League Baseball 's National League Central .
The 2021 Milwaukee Brewers season was the 52nd season for the Brewers in Milwaukee, the 24th in the National League, and 53rd overall. On July 9, 2020, MLB announced the 2021 season schedule. [ 2 ] On July 24, they beat the Chicago White Sox 6–1 to win their 4,000th game in franchise history, doing so in their 8,289th game played.
On November 23, MLB announced that the Yankees would face the Chicago White Sox in the first MLB at Field of Dreams game in Dyersville, Iowa on August 12. [23] This game was originally scheduled for August 13, 2020. Yankees went on to lose the game 9-8.
The Nationals named Jim Hickey as their new pitching coach for 2021 after parting ways with Paul Menhart. With the eleventh overall selection, the Nationals were guaranteed their highest first-round draft pick since 2011 after finishing in a five-way tie for the seventh-worst record in MLB in 2020. [1] [2]
The 2021 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 2021 season. The 117th World Series was a best-of-seven playoff between the National League (NL) champion Atlanta Braves and the American League (AL) champion Houston Astros. The series began on October 26 and concluded on November 2.