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In the National League, the San Francisco Giants made their fourth appearance in seven years, the Washington Nationals made their third appearance in the past five years, the Chicago Cubs and New York Mets returned for the second year in a row, and the Los Angeles Dodgers returned for the fourth straight time.
This is the first American League Championship Series since 2016 to not feature the Houston Astros, who were swept by the Detroit Tigers in the Wild Card Series.This brought an end to the Astros' streak of seven consecutive ALCS appearances (2017–2023), the most consecutive LCS appearances in the American League and the second-most consecutive LCS appearances after the Atlanta Braves ...
Along with the Los Angeles Angels, Oakland Oaks, Sacramento Solons, San Francisco Seals, and Seattle Rainiers, a Portland Beavers club was a charter member of the Pacific Coast League in 1903. Portland and Sacramento were the only two charter cities that had a team in the PCL as of 2010, the other cities having been taken over by Major League ...
From the IS4S Salute to Veterans Bowl on Dec. 14 to the College Football Playoff National Championship Game on Jan. 20, 82 teams will play in at least one postseason game.
Cleveland Indians catcher Sandy Alomar Jr. hits a 2-run home run and is named the game's MVP. Alomar is the first hometown player to homer since Hank Aaron did it in Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium in 1972. July 12 – At a sold out Three Rivers Stadium, Francisco Córdova pitched nine innings of a combined 10-inning no-hitter for the ...
San Diego State Aztecs: Women's lacrosse: Pac-12: Big 12 [74] San Diego State Aztecs: Men's soccer: Pac-12: WAC [112] San Francisco Dons: Men's and women's tennis: WCC: Dropping tennis [113] SMU Mustangs: Full membership American: ACC [64] SMU Mustangs: Men's swimming & diving: ASUN: ACC [64] South Florida Bulls: Women's lacrosse: No team ...
The Phillies increase their National League lead to two games over the San Francisco Giants. July 7 – At Shea Stadium, Johnny Callison's ninth-inning three-run home run off Dick Radatz caps a four-run rally and gives the National League a 7–4 win over the American League in the All-Star Game. Callison is named Game MVP as the NL triumph ...
A month later, the Indians signed Spradlin to a two-year contract for $1.7 million. Indians general manager John Hart told reporters Spradlin was "going to be a big part of our success [in 1999] and in the future." [19] In spite of that, the Indians traded Spradlin to the San Francisco Giants less than a month into the 1999 season. [17]