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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 deal earned Major League Baseball less than $500,000, but led to a new two-year contract for 40–45 games per season. On April 7, 1983, Major League Baseball, ABC, and NBC agreed to terms of a six-year television package worth $1.2 billion.
Start of Major League Baseball games depends on days of the week, game number in series, holidays, and other factors. As of 2021, most games start at 6:30 p.m., 7 p.m., or 7:30 p.m. in the local time zone, so there are more night games than day games even though baseball is traditionally played during the day.
Major League Baseball announced the 2021 regular season schedule on July 9, 2020. [68] The Red Sox' schedule, as originally released, spanned April 1 to October 3. [69] [70] The All-Star Game was scheduled for July 13. [71] For interleague play, the Red Sox were scheduled to face National League East teams. [68]
October 3: End of the Major League Baseball Regular season; October 22: The Houston Astros clinch a trip to the 2021 World Series and defeat the Boston Red Sox 5–0 to win the 2021 American League Championship Series in six games to make it 3 World Series trips in 5 Years. [85]
NHL on NBC—On April 26, 2021, it was announced that NBC had backed out of negotiations for the partial contractual rights of the remainder of the National Hockey League games (including the New Year's Day Winter Classic) and awarded the rights to Turner Sports beginning with the 2021–22 season and lasted through 2027–28 season. [8]
The previous high came on Opening Day 2021, the most recent previous on-time start to the MLB season. The numbers on the league's nationally televised games were also encouraging.
The 2021 Los Angeles Dodgers season was the 132nd season for the franchise in Major League Baseball (MLB), their 64th season in Los Angeles, California, and their 59th season playing their home games at Dodger Stadium. The Dodgers started the season 13–2, matching the best regular season start by a defending world champion.