The first was a dominant Tigers team that beat Tony Gwynn and Steve Garvey's Padres, 4-1, in the 1984 World Series, and the second was a sweep at the hands of the incredible '98 Yankees, who won 114 games in the regular season and are considered among a handful of teams as the ...
The Pirates became the second team in World Series history to have three players with at least 11 hits in a series. And no offense to Phil Garner or Omar Moreno, who were fantastic across these seven games, but this series was about one man: Willie Stargell. The Pirates’ heart and sou...
And, yes, I think ultimately the World Series is going to be extremely joyful for any team that wins it, with maybe a very few exceptions in a few exceptional circumstances. If they win a fake World Series, and that's all Andrew Friedman ever does in Los Angeles, it is at least ...
Here's an incredible streak that was extended when the Dodgers won Game 5 of the World Series to clinch the eighth championship in franchise history on Wednesday night: a player named Will Smith won a World Series ring for a fifth consecutive year....
being at the top of his powers in his age-30 season. 2006 was in the middle of a four-season streak of top-four MVP finishes for Ortiz, one that was bookended by World Series wins in 2004 and 2007. As for the 2006 MVP race, he finished third behindJustin MorneauandDerek Jeterdespit...
World Series for the first time since 2001. Repeating won't be easy, and there's a chance this team falls back to Earth a bit, but the core provides enough reason to believe in the Dbacks' long-term. Arizona is projected at 84.5 wins over/under from bet365 with a +800 ...
Spotrac's MLB Offseason series begins with a look at notable free agents, projected payroll, & future thoughts for each AL West team. Michael Ginnitti|3 months ago 7 World Series Players We're Watching 7 players of note set to take the World Series stage, including two of MLB's highest...
The Phillies …went to the World Series and thenadded Trea Turnerand Taijuan Walker, so, you know, that’s a pretty solid fall/winter right there. (You shouldn’t have neededTurner’s WBC heroicsto remember he’s a superstar, but he is.) Much of last year’s World Series team return...
Veteran lefty Chris Sale reclaimed his elite status in his first year in Atlanta by going 18-3 (a career-high in wins) with an MLB-best 2.38 ERA and an NL-best 225 strikeouts in his 177 2/3 innings as he claimed theNL Cy Young Award. ...
” Because this is almost certainly the last year we get Mike Trout and Shohei Ohtani on the same team, I, like most baseball fans, desperately want to see a postseason series with these two, particularly after how deliriously entertaining it was seeing them in the World Baseball Classic. ...