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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.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020 Major League Baseball season was shortened to 60 games. Opening day was July 27. There was no All-Star game or Home Run Derby. [1] As part of the shortened season, Major League Baseball used an expanded Wild Card Series for the 2020 season.
The Yankees underperformed throughout the regular season and were 41–41, with 80 games left to play on July 4. The Yankees went 51–29 in their final 80 games including a season-high 13 game winning streak, their longest winning streak since 1961. On October 3, the Yankees clinched a Wild Card berth with a 1–0 win against the Tampa Bay Rays.
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.
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]
MLB players and team owners have only another two weeks to reach an agreement if they want to meet the timetable for starting the season in early July.