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On August 15, 2013, Major League Baseball announced that it would expand its video review process for the 2014 season, and MLB clubs unanimously approved the new rules on January 16, 2014. Managers were now able to challenge certain plays no more than twice per game, including force plays, fair or foul balls, and batters hit by a pitch, among ...
The postseason began on September 30, and ended on October 29, with the Giants narrowly defeating the Royals in seven games in the 2014 World Series. It was the Giants' eighth title in franchise history. The 2014 Giants became the first fifth-seeded team to win a World Series title.
The 2014 American League Championship Series was a best-of-seven playoff in Major League Baseball's 2014 postseason pitting the second-seeded Baltimore Orioles against the fourth-seeded Kansas City Royals for the American League pennant and the right to play in the 2014 World Series. The Royals won the series four games to zero.
The 2014 World Series averaged a national Nielsen rating of 8.3/14, making it the second-worst rated World Series in Major League Baseball history (after the 2012 series). [48] Through six games, the series was averaging 7.4, which would have made it the worst-rated World Series, but Game 7 produced a respectable 13.7 to bolster the series ...
The 2014 American League Wild Card Game was a play-in game during Major League Baseball's (MLB) 2014 postseason played between the American League's (AL) two wild card teams, the Oakland Athletics and the Kansas City Royals. It was held at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri, on September 30, 2014.
The 2014 American League Division Series were two best-of-five-game series in Major League Baseball’s (MLB) 2014 postseason to determine the participating teams in the 2014 American League Championship Series.
The 2014 National League Championship Series was a best-of-seven playoff in Major League Baseball’s 2014 postseason pitting the defending National League champion and third-seeded St. Louis Cardinals against the fifth-seeded San Francisco Giants for the National League pennant and the right to play in the 2014 World Series.
April 23 – Conrado Marrero, 102, All-Star Cuban pitcher for the Washington Senators from 1950 through 1954, who at the time of his death was the oldest living Major League Baseball player. April 26 – Bob Powell, 80, utility for the Chicago White Sox from 1955 to 1957, and one of few players who went directly to Major League Baseball.