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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]
World Series rings are considered valuable sports memorabilia. In 2007, Casey Stengel's 1951 World Series ring sold for $180,000 (equivalent to $264,000 in 2023). [37] When Lenny Dykstra went through bankruptcy in 2009, his 1986 World Series ring sold for $56,762.50 through Heritage Auctions, three times as much as was expected. [38]
Prior to the first World Series-championship ring, baseball players in the early 20th century often requested other items in place of rings, including cufflinks and tie bars. Prior to the 1922 World Series, players on the World Series-winning team were given keepsakes, such as a pin or pocketwatch fob. [26]
The ring also features 11 rubies representing where the team's 11 World Series home runs were hit and 2021's trade deadline inscribed on the inside, along with the player's signature and series ...
World Series MVP Corey Seager nabbed one with the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2020, playing nearly every game at Globe Life Field. Reliever Will Smith, now a member of the Kansas City Royals, got his ...
He finished the season 5–8 with a 4.24 ERA, [47] before being left off the playoff roster and getting needed rest. [23] [49] Although the Dodgers awarded him a second World Series ring, he refused to wear it, explaining that "I didn't do anything." [17] He improved slightly in 1989 and went 10–13. [48]
Texas Rangers players were to receive their World Series rings Saturday in a pregame ceremony at 5:15 p.m. before their game against the Chicago Cubs at 6:05 p.m. at Globe Life Field.
When the series went the full five games, the Mariners having come back from a 2–0 deficit to win both games at the Kingdome, Johnson made a dramatic relief appearance in the series final, Game 5, on only one day's rest. Entering a 4–4 game in the ninth inning, Johnson pitched the 9th, 10th, and 11th innings.