2003-16: The winner of the All-Star Game decided home-field advantage in the World Series. 2016: The Cubs ended the longest drought in World Series history, winning their first Fall Classic since 1908. 2020: In the wake of the global COVID-19 pandemic, the World Series is played at a...
Final preseason odds before the season started on March 30 had Texas at +5000 to win it all, according toSportsOddsHistory, which was tied for 17th. And while we know the favorites don’t always win the World Series, long-shots like this almost never win it. The Rangers are actually th...
The Astros' first World Series title came in 2017, and Verlander was a huge reason why after Houston acquired the former MVP and Cy Young Award winner from the Tigers prior to the Trade Deadline. That October, Verlander was named ALCS MVP following a masterful performance against the Yankees....
Track Two of Canada's most legendary athletes team up to create "Yoga for Men". This specially designed DVD pairs up Trish Stratus (7 x WWE Champion) with (3 x World Series Winner and All Star) Joe Carter. In 25 minutes, Trish leads Joe through ...See more ...
WINNER is part of the Wireless World Initiative (WWI), which is a series of cooperating projects in FP6 to develop future systems including all entities from a system perspective. The project is developing all system functions from layer 1 to 3 including cooperation mechanisms with legacy systems...
World Series winner with the Oakland A's. Bob Horner won the award in 1977 for Arizona State and became the first overall pick in the 1978 MLB draft, earning Rookie of the Year honors that same year. Terry Francona has become one of the more successful managers in recent MLB lore,...
The World Series of Poker consists of a series of poker events that culminate with a winner being crowned annually in the United States. The main event is a Texas hold’em game, and its winner is considered the poker world champion. The roots of the Worl
In Game 2, Christy Mathewson took a shutout into the bottom of the ninth, the score tied. He escaped an inescapable jam -- runners on second and third with nobody out, after a teammate's error -- then singled home the winner in the 10th. That's tied for the highest WPA in a po...
Home-field advantage in the World Series generally rotated between the leagues through 2002. At the behest of then-Commissioner Bud Selig and Fox, home-field advantage went to the All-Star Game winner from 2003-16. Home-field for Games 1, 2, 6 and 7 was based on winning perce...
As we close in on Opening Day, it's predictions season, and we asked 87 MLB.com voters to weigh in on which teams they foresee winning the divisions, the Wild Card spots, the league pennants and, ultimately, which club will emerge as the World Series cha