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The 2009 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 2009 season.As the 105th [1] edition of the World Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff contested between the Philadelphia Phillies, champions of the National League (NL) and defending World Series champions, and the New York Yankees, champions of the American League (AL).
The postseason began on October 7, 2009, and ended on November 4, 2009, with the Yankees defeating the defending World Series champion Phillies in the 2009 World Series. It was the Yankees' 27th title in franchise history, and their most recent title win, as well as the most recent title win by a team from New York City.
On September 22, 2009, after defeating the Los Angeles Angels, the Yankees became the first team to clinch a playoff spot for the 2009 MLB Postseason. [88] By beating the Boston Red Sox on September 27, the Yankees won their 100th game of the season, and clinched the American League East Division title. [ 89 ]
The New York Yankees and Los Angeles Dodgers, two of the most storied franchises in Major League Baseball history, face-off Friday in the World Series for the first time since 1981.
Five Dodgers pitchers have combined to shut down the Yankees lineup through the first seven innings. ... 6 of the 2009 World Series was the last Fall Classic game contested in the Bronx, a dry ...
The Pirates and the Cincinnati Reds recreated their 1979 National League Championship Series uniforms on August 21 as part of the Buccos' 30th anniversary celebration of their World Series championship. The Bucs wore their gold pillbox hat with a gold jersey and black pants, a faux pas from the uniforms that season as a black cap was worn that ...
Dodgers World Series roster: LA loses key pitcher to injury ... 2009: New York Yankees. 2008: Philadelphia Phillies. 2007: ... Freeman slam gives Dodgers World Series Game 1 win vs. Yankees: Recap.
Dodgers broadcaster Vin Scully said that although the Dodgers won four World Series titles in 10 years, he said that this championship was the biggest of those four because "the ultimate was not only beating the Yankees but sweeping them in four", but said that "to New York fans it was still the old Brooklyn Dodgers and there was a lot of ...