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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]
The Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers have appeared in the World Series 22 times, while the New York/San Francisco Giants have appeared in the World Series 20 times. The Dodgers and Giants are tied with (8) World Series titles. When the two teams were based in New York, the Giants won five World Series championships, and the Dodgers one.
President Ronald Reagan with the 1988 World Series champions: Los Angeles Dodgers. The 1988 World Series is remembered for the iconic home run by the Los Angeles Dodgers' Kirk Gibson with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning of Game 1. The Dodgers were huge underdogs against the 104-win Oakland Athletics, who had swept the Boston Red Sox ...
The 2024 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 2024 season.The 120th edition of the World Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff between the National League (NL) champion Los Angeles Dodgers and the American League (AL) champion New York Yankees.
He managed teams that the Dodgers fans hated — most notably the Giants and the Houston Astros — but Dodgers fans rarely booed him personally. Dusty Baker won a World Series as manager of the ...
NY regains lead on sacrifice fly: Yankees 6, Dodgers 5. NEW YORK - Giancarlo Stanton restored order in Game 5 of the World Series, putting the New York Yankees back on top with a sacrifice fly.
PHOTO: Stadium workers paint the World Series logo on the field prior to team workouts at Dodgers Stadium in Los Angeles, Oct. 24, 2024. (Jayne Kamin-Oncea/USA TODAY Sports via Reuters Con) 2.
During the 2010s, the Giants won three World Series titles, while the Dodgers had to wait until 2020 to win their first World Series since 1988. [ 26 ] On the final day of the shortened 2020 regular season, the Giants, Philadelphia Phillies , and Milwaukee Brewers were fighting for the 8th and final seed in the expanded playoff tournament.