1944 saw perhaps the nadir of 20th-century baseball, as the long-moribund St. Louis Browns won their only American League pennant. The pool of talent was depleted by the draft to the point that in 1945 (but not 1944), as the military scraped deeper and deeper into the ranks of the possibly eligible, the Browns actually used a one-armed player, Pete Gray. Some of the players were 4-Fs, rejected by the military due to physical defects or limitations which precluded duty in the trenches. Others divided their time between factory work in defense industries and baseball, some being able to play ball only on weekends. Some players avoided the draft by chance, despite being physically able to serve. Stan Musial of the Cardinals was one. Musial, enlisting in early 1945, missed one season. He rejoined the Cardinals in 1946.
The 1976 World Series matched the defending champions Cincinnati Reds of the National League against the New York Yankees of the American League, with the Reds sweeping the Series to repeat. The Reds became (and remain) the only team to sweep an entire multi-tier postseason. The Reds are also the last National League team to win back-to-back World Series. It also marked the second time that the Yankees were swept in a World Series (the Los Angeles Dodgers were the first to sweep them in 1963).
This World Series was the first in which the designated hitter rule, which had been introduced in the American League three years prior, was in effect. The use of the DH wound up benefiting the Reds, who were able to get utility infielder Dan Driessen's bat in the lineup. Driessen hit .357 with one home run. Elliott Maddox, Carlos May, and Lou Piniella shared the role for the New York Yankees. Game 1, played at Cincinnati's Riverfront Stadium, marked the first time the DH was used in a National League ballpark. Game 2, also at Riverfront Stadium, was the first World Series weekend game to be scheduled at night.
The Chronicle-Telegraph Cup was the trophy awarded to the winner of a postseason competition in American professional baseball in 1900. The series, played only once, was a precursor to the current World Series.
The Pittsburg Pirates finished in second place, 4.5 games behind the Brooklyn Superbas in the 1900 National League (the only Major League in American baseball at the time). Fans of the Pittsburgh club felt their club was every bit the equal of the Brooklyn nine. While Brooklyn led the league in offense, Pirates rooters claimed their team, which led the NL in strikeouts with the league-best ERA, boasted the pitching to best Brooklyn. A local newspaper, the Pittsburgh Chronicle Telegraph, offered to award a silver cup to the winner of a best-of-five series between the two teams.
Despite the series being held in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, which became annexed into Pittsburgh in 1907, the Superbas prevailed, 3–1. The teams were evenly matched in most statistical categories — both totalled 15 runs apiece, batted about .230 and had comparable numbers of extra-base hits (neither team hit any home runs) and walks. Both teams' ERAs were below 1.30.
The 1998 World Series, the 94th edition of Major League Baseball's championship series, matched the New York Yankees (representing the American League) against the San Diego Padres (representing the National League). The Yankees swept the Series in four games to capture their second championship in three years, and their 24th overall. It was San Diego's second World Series appearance, and the first since losing in 1984 to the Detroit Tigers. This was officially the first World Series that Bud Selig presided as Commissioner of Baseball, although he had presided over the Commissioner's Trophy presentation at the end of the 1995 and 1997 World Series.
For the first time the same city, San Diego, hosted both the Super Bowl and the final World Series game in the same year; not only were they h...
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1998 World Series, Game 4: Yankees @ Padres
New York Yankees 3 at San Diego Padres 0, F -- The powerhouseYankees finished up the sweep of the Padres for their 125th win of the season and 24th World Championship. Mariano Rivera came in with the bases loaded in the 8th, only to close the door on former Yankee Jim Leyritz (who possessed a well-earned reputation for clutch hits), and was perfect in the 9th to finish the postseason with a 0.00 ERA over ten games. Scott Brosius was named Series MVP.
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1998 San Diego Padres vs New York Yankees World Series Highlights
October 17-21, 1998
World Series MVP: Scott Brosius
0:00 Game 1
3:40 Game 2
6:17 Game 3
11:08 Game 4
16:28 Game 4 postgame
21:57 MLB vs Japan All-Star series highlights
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1998 World Series Game 3 Yankees @ Padres
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The Season Of Their Lives - The 1998 NY Yankees
The Season Of Their Lives - The 1998 NY Yankees
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1998 World Series Game 2 Padres @ Yankees
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San Diego Padres at New York Yankees, 1998 World Series Game 1, October 17, 1998
On October 17, 1998, the San Diego Padres played the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium in The Bronx, New York in Game #1 of the 1998 World Series. Kevin Brown started for the Padres against David Wells for the Yankees.
A box score for the game is available online at https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYA/NYA199810170.shtml.
The 1998 World Series, the 94th edition of Major League Baseball's championship series, matched the New York Yankees (representing the American League) against ...
The 1998 World Series, the 94th edition of Major League Baseball's championship series, matched the New York Yankees (representing the American League) against the San Diego Padres (representing the National League). The Yankees swept the Series in four games to capture their second championship in three years, and their 24th overall. It was San Diego's second World Series appearance, and the first since losing in 1984 to the Detroit Tigers. This was officially the first World Series that Bud Selig presided as Commissioner of Baseball, although he had presided over the Commissioner's Trophy presentation at the end of the 1995 and 1997 World Series.
For the first time the same city, San Diego, hosted both the Super Bowl and the final World Series game in the same year; not only were they held in the same city, they were both held in the same stadium.
This was the first year this particular World Series logo was used. It was only used again in the 1999 World Series. Both the 1998 and 1999 series were won by the Yankees.
The 1998 World Series, the 94th edition of Major League Baseball's championship series, matched the New York Yankees (representing the American League) against the San Diego Padres (representing the National League). The Yankees swept the Series in four games to capture their second championship in three years, and their 24th overall. It was San Diego's second World Series appearance, and the first since losing in 1984 to the Detroit Tigers. This was officially the first World Series that Bud Selig presided as Commissioner of Baseball, although he had presided over the Commissioner's Trophy presentation at the end of the 1995 and 1997 World Series.
For the first time the same city, San Diego, hosted both the Super Bowl and the final World Series game in the same year; not only were they held in the same city, they were both held in the same stadium.
This was the first year this particular World Series logo was used. It was only used again in the 1999 World Series. Both the 1998 and 1999 series were won by the Yankees.
New York Yankees 3 at San Diego Padres 0, F -- The powerhouseYankees finished up the sweep of the Padres for their 125th win of the season and 24th World Champ...
New York Yankees 3 at San Diego Padres 0, F -- The powerhouseYankees finished up the sweep of the Padres for their 125th win of the season and 24th World Championship. Mariano Rivera came in with the bases loaded in the 8th, only to close the door on former Yankee Jim Leyritz (who possessed a well-earned reputation for clutch hits), and was perfect in the 9th to finish the postseason with a 0.00 ERA over ten games. Scott Brosius was named Series MVP.
New York Yankees 3 at San Diego Padres 0, F -- The powerhouseYankees finished up the sweep of the Padres for their 125th win of the season and 24th World Championship. Mariano Rivera came in with the bases loaded in the 8th, only to close the door on former Yankee Jim Leyritz (who possessed a well-earned reputation for clutch hits), and was perfect in the 9th to finish the postseason with a 0.00 ERA over ten games. Scott Brosius was named Series MVP.
October 17-21, 1998
World Series MVP: Scott Brosius
0:00 Game 1
3:40 Game 2
6:17 Game 3
11:08 Game 4
16:28 Game 4 postgame
21:57 MLB vs Japan All...
October 17-21, 1998
World Series MVP: Scott Brosius
0:00 Game 1
3:40 Game 2
6:17 Game 3
11:08 Game 4
16:28 Game 4 postgame
21:57 MLB vs Japan All-Star series highlights
October 17-21, 1998
World Series MVP: Scott Brosius
0:00 Game 1
3:40 Game 2
6:17 Game 3
11:08 Game 4
16:28 Game 4 postgame
21:57 MLB vs Japan All-Star series highlights
On October 17, 1998, the San Diego Padres played the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium in The Bronx, New York in Game #1 of the 1998 World Series. Kevin Brown...
On October 17, 1998, the San Diego Padres played the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium in The Bronx, New York in Game #1 of the 1998 World Series. Kevin Brown started for the Padres against David Wells for the Yankees.
A box score for the game is available online at https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYA/NYA199810170.shtml.
On October 17, 1998, the San Diego Padres played the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium in The Bronx, New York in Game #1 of the 1998 World Series. Kevin Brown started for the Padres against David Wells for the Yankees.
A box score for the game is available online at https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYA/NYA199810170.shtml.
The 1998 World Series, the 94th edition of Major League Baseball's championship series, matched the New York Yankees (representing the American League) against the San Diego Padres (representing the National League). The Yankees swept the Series in four games to capture their second championship in three years, and their 24th overall. It was San Diego's second World Series appearance, and the first since losing in 1984 to the Detroit Tigers. This was officially the first World Series that Bud Selig presided as Commissioner of Baseball, although he had presided over the Commissioner's Trophy presentation at the end of the 1995 and 1997 World Series.
For the first time the same city, San Diego, hosted both the Super Bowl and the final World Series game in the same year; not only were they held in the same city, they were both held in the same stadium.
This was the first year this particular World Series logo was used. It was only used again in the 1999 World Series. Both the 1998 and 1999 series were won by the Yankees.
New York Yankees 3 at San Diego Padres 0, F -- The powerhouseYankees finished up the sweep of the Padres for their 125th win of the season and 24th World Championship. Mariano Rivera came in with the bases loaded in the 8th, only to close the door on former Yankee Jim Leyritz (who possessed a well-earned reputation for clutch hits), and was perfect in the 9th to finish the postseason with a 0.00 ERA over ten games. Scott Brosius was named Series MVP.
October 17-21, 1998
World Series MVP: Scott Brosius
0:00 Game 1
3:40 Game 2
6:17 Game 3
11:08 Game 4
16:28 Game 4 postgame
21:57 MLB vs Japan All-Star series highlights
On October 17, 1998, the San Diego Padres played the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium in The Bronx, New York in Game #1 of the 1998 World Series. Kevin Brown started for the Padres against David Wells for the Yankees.
A box score for the game is available online at https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYA/NYA199810170.shtml.
1944 saw perhaps the nadir of 20th-century baseball, as the long-moribund St. Louis Browns won their only American League pennant. The pool of talent was depleted by the draft to the point that in 1945 (but not 1944), as the military scraped deeper and deeper into the ranks of the possibly eligible, the Browns actually used a one-armed player, Pete Gray. Some of the players were 4-Fs, rejected by the military due to physical defects or limitations which precluded duty in the trenches. Others divided their time between factory work in defense industries and baseball, some being able to play ball only on weekends. Some players avoided the draft by chance, despite being physically able to serve. Stan Musial of the Cardinals was one. Musial, enlisting in early 1945, missed one season. He rejoined the Cardinals in 1946.
The sun and the moon have burned each other out to soon. So sell me some doom, because I’m the only eyes wide open in the room. Undress the truth so I can have the feeling that it has been used. Alone you sit. Your heart bleeds quiet. You seem afraid. Loose lips sink ships! You have no grip. Don't you know, you're gonna die die die all alone. The look on your face has been making me lose sleep for days. Asleep in the haze in the middle of where everything is gray. The games that we play are gonna be the death of us someway... somehow. And I've been told about how the dawning of the hours is finally here. I could sing out loud if only the mighty and proud would all just disappear. Did someone open an undertow? Or is this drowning feeling typical? It isn't really who you know. Its how blatantly artistic your completely hypocritical. Don't you know you're gonna die die die all alone. Let this fire cover your vision for disintegration is a gift