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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]
In both the 1955 and 1956 World Series, the home team won the first six games of the World Series, but lost Game 7. It would not be until 1987 when the home team won all seven games of a World Series. [14] However, the Yankees became the first American League team to lose a World Series in which the home team won all seven games, in 2001. [14] [15]
The Dodgers convincingly took Game 1 in the shortest World Series game since 1992 at 2 hours and 28 minutes. Game 2 was an eleven-inning slugfest which the Astros won 7–6, as both teams had four different players hit home runs. Game 2 was the first World Series game won by the Astros in franchise history.
A series-by-series look at each of the World Series the Dodgers franchise played in before winning it all again in 2024.
Freddie Freeman hit a two-run single to tie the Series record of 12 RBIs, set by Bobby Richardson over seven games in 1960, and was voted Series MVP. With the Dodgers one out from losing Friday ...
The City of Angels is now the City of Champions.The Los Angeles Dodgers finally broke through and ended the franchise’s 32-year title drought, winning the World Series in 6 games over the Tampa ...
This was the first ever World Series game in which a team hit home runs in the ninth, tenth and eleventh inning. [64] [66] The teams set a new record for combined home runs in a single World Series game with eight [67] and this was the first time in MLB history, regular season or postseason, that five home runs were hit in extra innings. [68]
The Dodgers overpowered the Yankees, 4-2, on Saturday, and lead the World Series 2-0, confident when they return back to Los Angeles from New York, they’ll have a World Series trophy in their ...