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The postseason began on October 7, 2009, and ended on November 4, 2009, with the Yankees defeating the defending World Series champion Phillies in the 2009 World Series. It was the Yankees' 27th title in franchise history, and their most recent title win, as well as the most recent title win by a team from New York City.
[5] The award was developed in 2005, as part of a sponsorship agreement between MLB and Viagra. [5] In 2005 and 2006 representatives from MLB and MLB.com selected six candidates each from the AL and NL and one winner for each league was selected via an online poll on MLB.com. [5] [43] Since then, the winners have been selected by a panel of MLB ...
In Major League Baseball (MLB), the Player of the Month Award is given monthly during the regular season to two outstanding players, one each in the National League (NL) and American League (AL). The NL first awarded the honor during the 1958 season, when league president Warren Giles conducted a poll of media members covering the then-eight NL ...
2. The Blue Jays will trade Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and/or Bo Bichette. At one point, the Blue Jays were a young, hungry team looking like they were next up to dominate the American League.
In 2021, MLB returned to only using the designated hitter for the American League, before a new collective bargaining agreement between MLB and its players' union allowed the use of the designated hitter in the National League beginning in the 2022 season. [6] In 2021, Shohei Ohtani became the first player to win both the Edgar Martínez Award ...
Baseball America also began its Major League Player of the Year award in 1998. In 2012, MLB's "GIBBY Awards" added an MLB Most Valuable Player category, which was renamed the Most Valuable Major Leaguer in 2014; its current name is the "Esurance MLB Awards" Best Major Leaguer.
Three years after McGwire and Sosa were honored, Cal Ripken Jr. and Tony Gwynn, both of whom retired after the 2001 season, received the award and were honored at the 2001 MLB All-Star Game; Ripken was elected to the American League All-Star team as a starter at third base, while Gwynn was later added as an honorary member of the National ...
The LA Post presents its predictions for the 2025 Golden Globes and Oscars. ... As the 2025 award season approaches, there's lots of noise in the air. The film industry is abuzz with speculation ...