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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.
Since 2021, MLB has implemented NFL-style flexible scheduling procedures for the final four weeks of each season for ESPN Sunday night and Fox Thursday or Saturday games on national television. Networks release their schedules without September games listed so to ensure games with playoff implications are broadcast on national television.
The 2021 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 2021 season. The 117th World Series was a best-of-seven playoff between the National League (NL) champion Atlanta Braves and the American League (AL) champion Houston Astros. The series began on October 26 and concluded on November 2.
December 1: The most recent Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) expired. As a result, MLB owners voted to lock out players starting the next day. It was the first labor stoppage since the 1994–95 Major League Baseball strike. [92] December 6–9: Winter Meetings (MLB portion canceled) December 9: Rule 5 Draft (postponed) Source: [93]
The Dodgers upset MLB-best Giants in five games to advance to the NLCS for the fifth time in the past six years. Logan Webb allowed only five hits in 7 + 2 ⁄ 3 scoreless innings as the Giants took Game 1 in a shutout. In Game 2, the Dodgers blew out the Giants to even the series headed to Los Angeles.
On June 4–6, the Red Sox swept a three-game series against the rival Yankees at Yankee Stadium for the first time since June 2011. [9] On June 13, the Toronto Blue Jays set a single-game record for home runs by a visiting team at Fenway Park, with eight. [10] In early July, the Red Sox led MLB with five players selected to the All-Star Game. [11]
Next season’s schedule calls for the River Cats to play 150 games while the A’s play 162. The River Cats will have 23 off days during the year while the A’s will have 20, not including All ...
The 2021 National League Division Series were two best-of-five-games series in Major League Baseball (MLB) to determine the participating teams of the 2021 National League Championship Series. The three divisional winners, seeded first through third, and a fourth team — determined by the NL Wild Card Game — played in two series. These ...