back to back world series appearances
Of course, the '93 Blue Jays are best remembered for winning the World Series in one of the most iconic moments in postseason history: Carter's series-ending walk-off home run in Game 6 at the SkyDome. 1991 World Series: Minnesota beats Atlanta, 4-3 Atlanta's playoff dynasty begins ATLANTA - OCTOBER 22: Lonnie Smith #27 of the Atlanta Braves collides with catcher Brian Harper #12 of the. The first of those years was also Hall of Famer Tris Speaker's final season with the Red Sox, before he jumped to the Indians. Beginning in 1998, home-field advantage was given to the team with the better regular-season record, with the exception that the Wild Card team cannot get home-field advantage. - The No. They had a Hall of Fame trio anchoring the lineup -- Jimmie Foxx, Al Simmons and Mickey Cochrane -- and another atop the rotation in Lefty Grove. The Houston Astros do not need to. 1961-62 Yankees1961: Yankees defeat Reds, 4-11962: Yankees defeat Giants, 4-3. Meanwhile, games in Cleveland were only seen in the Midwest and Pittsburgh. The Montreal Expos, now the Washington Nationals, were the best team in baseball at the time of the stoppage, with a record of 7440. Lessons From Rebuilds Past - Baseball America This was the only World Series to be produced under the "Baseball Network" umbrella (a revenue sharing joint venture between Major League Baseball, ABC, and NBC). The predecessor to the WBSC as the sport's international governing body, the International Baseball Federation, also sponsored a Baseball World Cup to crown a world champion. From 1884 to 1890, the National League and the American Association faced each other in a series of games at the end of the season to determine an overall champion. The earthquake caused substantial property and economic damage in the Bay Area and killed 63 people. The Braves would score a total of two runs in the final two games of the series and while the Yankees only managed four runs, a Cecil Fielder RBI double that drove in a runner that reached on an ugly error was the only run of Game 5, and Greg Maddux had one bad inning and just like thatthe series was over. Afterward, World Series games were frequently scheduled at night, when television audiences were larger. Of the 26 Series in which at least one expansion team has played, including two Series (2015 and 2019) in which both teams were expansion teams, expansion teams have won 11 of them, which is 42.3% of all series in which an expansion team played and 9.4% of all 117 series played since 1903. That extended Cleveland's World Series title drought to 68 years and counting the Indians last won the Series in 1948 now the longest title drought in the major leagues.[32]. Grove led the Majors in ERA and strikeouts both years, and won pitching's Triple Crown in 1930, going 28-5 with a 2.54 ERA and 209 strikeouts. Kansas City later won Game Seven 110 to take the series.
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