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The pennant was presented to the team with the best win–loss record each year through the 1968 season, [1] after which the AL Championship Series (ALCS) was introduced to decide the pennant winner. [2] The first modern World Series was played in 1903 and, after a hiatus in 1904, has taken place every season except 1994, [2] when a players ...
The first game in Rockies history was played on April 5, 1993, against the New York Mets at Shea Stadium. David Nied was the starting pitcher in a game the Rockies lost, 3–0. The franchise's first home game at Mile High Stadium , and first win in franchise history, came four days later with an 11–4 win over the Montreal Expos .
August 14 – Pee Wee Reese, 81, Hall of Fame shortstop and leadoff hitter and captain of the Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers in 16 seasons (1940–1942, 1946–1958); ten-time All-Star who played on seven National League pennant winners and 1955 World Series champions, three times batting over .300 in the series; led NL in runs, walks and steals ...
Worlds of Fun, is a 235-acre (95 ha) theme park located in Kansas City, Missouri, United States. Owned and operated by Six Flags Entertainment Corporation , it was founded by American businessmen Lamar Hunt and Jack Steadman under the ownership of Hunt's company, MId-America Enterprises in 1973.
The 1999 Major League Baseball season ended with the New York Yankees sweeping the Atlanta Braves in the World Series. The previous record of most home runs hit in a season, set at 5,064 in 1998, [ 1 ] was broken once again as the American League and National League combined to hit 5,528 home runs. [ 2 ]
The 1999 National League Championship Series (NLCS), was held to determine the champion of the National League in Major League Baseball’s 1999 postseason.The 30th in NL history, it was held between two East Division rivals, the division champion and overall number one seed Atlanta Braves and the wild card New York Mets in a rematch of the very first NLCS from 1969.
April 23 at Sydney, Australia – 1999 ANZAC test match is won by Australia 20–14 against New Zealand at Stadium Australia before 30,245. June 23 at Brisbane , Australia – 1999 State of Origin is retained by Queensland as the third and deciding match of the series is drawn 10 – 10 with New South Wales .
That team won the pennant in 1929, 1930 and 1931, beating the Chicago Cubs in the 1929 World Series (when they came from 8–0 behind in Game 4, plating a Series record ten runs in the seventh inning and winning the game, 10–8, and then from two runs down in the bottom of the ninth in Game 5 for a walk-off Series win) and easily defeating the ...