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The first game of the new baseball season for a team is played on Opening Day, and being named the Opening Day starter is an honor, which is often given to the player who is expected to lead the pitching staff that season, [1] though there are various strategic reasons why a team's best pitcher might not start on Opening Day. [2] As of 2008 ...
The 1964 World Series, and the season leading up to it, later became the subject for the David Halberstam New York Times bestseller October 1964.The Series is seen as a bellwether point in baseball history as it was the last hurrah for the 1950s Yankee Dynasty of Mantle, Maris, Ford and Berra, among others, and it demonstrated that the National League's growing enthusiasm to sign black and ...
In 2006, beset with injuries and inconsistency, [92] they won the World Series, beating Detroit in five games to set an all-time record-low of 83 wins for a World Series winner. [93] [22] [94] In 2009, the Cardinals reached 10,000 wins, dating to when they first played in the American Association (AA).
The loss was the Yankees' first since the 1926 World Series, also at the hands of the Cardinals. The Yankees had won eight World Series in the interim (a record for most consecutive series won between losses) and had won 32 out of 36 World Series games in that period, including five sweeps (1927 vs. the Pirates, 1928 vs. the Cardinals, 1932 and ...
New York Mets shortstop Francisco Lindor (12) warms ups prior to a game against the St. Louis Cardinals at Clover Park on March 19, 2024, in Port St. Lucie, Fla. Projected Mets Opening Day lineup ...
A legendarily gutsy 2021 World Series-clinching performance in Game 6 will be remembered forever in Braves Country, but Fried’s 4.90 career postseason ERA across 12 starts isn’t unequivocal ...
The 1985 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 1985 season. The 82nd edition of the World Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff played between the American League (AL) champion Kansas City Royals and the National League (NL) champion St. Louis Cardinals. The Royals upset the heavily favored Cardinals in ...
The 1943 World Series was the championship series in Major League Baseball for the 1943 season. The 40th edition of the World Series, it matched the defending champion St. Louis Cardinals against the New York Yankees in a rematch of the 1942 World Series. The Yankees won the series in five games for their tenth championship in 21 seasons.