They have made two big offseason moves (Christian Yelich, Lorenzo Cain) but bettors might be expecting some regression - especially with Jimmy Nelson sidelined until at least June. The other was Game 5 in 1948, between the Boston Braves and the Indians (Bob Elliott and Dale Mitchell).Pearce became, per the Elias Sports Bureau, the first position player to be named World Series MVP with 50 or fewer regular-season games for the winning team in his career (at the time of the Fall Classic) and just the second midseason acquisition to win the honor, joining Donn Clendenon of the 1969 Mets. The Dodgers, on the other hand, end the season as runner-up for the second straight year, having lost to the Houston Astros in a seven-game series last year. Game 3 of the World Series is being played Friday night at Dodger Stadium.
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"I throw a pitch, next thing I know I got [catcher Christian Vazquez] in my arms and just the first thought of being a World Series champ ran through my mind. * - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? Pearce, a late-season acquisition from Toronto, was named World Series MVP.
MLB is in an era of the super team, with the stark differential between the haves and have-nots abundantly clear. It's not enough to simply state that the Red Sox put the finishing touches on their ninth title -- and fourth since 2004 -- with a clear and convincing 5-1 victory over the Dodgers in Game 5 of the World Series on Sunday night at Dodger Stadium.• Get World Series champs gear:: World Series schedule and results ::No, a team this talented, a march this methodical deserves a deeper appreciation. MLB World Series Winners. "First of all, [the Red Sox] gave me a chance," Cora said.
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- unknown, for minors. Sam Raimi directs Costner as a washed up pitcher reflecting on his career in baseball. "We're not cocky," said shortstop Xander Bogaerts, "but we know who we are. "• After Series loss, Kershaw ponders opt-out, These two franchises had not met on the Series stage in 102 years, but you know what they say about the past informing the present. The 1916 Red Sox, colorfully characterized by one New York Times account from the time as "the carmine-hosed Boston warriors," took Games 1 and 2 at home, were defeated in the first road tilt, erased a deficit to win Game 4 and then finished off the Series in Game 5.• Dodgers proud despite 'brutal' Series losses, If the long-ago result is replicated in the modern day, then the description fits, too. Glory arrived on a Southern California night in front of a crowd littered with some untold-but-notable number of red shirts breaking up the blue in the stands.• Pearce named World Series MVPIt arrived behind the short-rested-but-no-less-effective arm of David Price, who had already shaken off his October blues and was now back to cementing his Boston legend with seven-plus magnificent innings in which he was touched up only by a first-inning homer from a familiar Series source in David Freese. 17.