The World Series have just wrapped up. Let’s recap on it and how the teams got there. The World Series was between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the New York Yankees, who were the number 1 seeds for the National League (NL) and American League (AL). The Dodgers had to beat the San Diego Padres and the New York Mets to be here, and the Yankees played the Kansas City Royals and the Cleveland Guardians.
Starting off with the Dodgers run in the playoffs, after their first round bye, they played the Padres first in a best out of 5 series. With them using all 5 of the games with the Dodgers taking the last win and winning the series 3-2. After that series the Dodgers had to take on the Mets in a 7 game series. The Dodgers took 3 out of the 4 first games, then lost in game 5. They won in the last game by a score of 10-5.
The Yankees as well got the first seed and a first round bye. After that bye they had to face the Royals in a 5 game series. The Yankees however only needed 4 games with them winning the series 3-1. Following that, they played the Guardians in the AL championship series. It’s a best out of 7 series, but again they need less games then they could have used. They won in 5 games with them taking the first 3 out of 4 games just like the Dodgers.
Now before we go into the World Series itself let’s take a look at some fun facts about The World Series. The longest World Series’ game was game 3 of the 2018 World Series, which lasted 18 innings and 7 hours, 20 minutes. In this game, the town favorite, Red Sox played in against this year’s championship winner the Dodgers. Another fact is that the New York Yankees hold the record for the most World Series titles won, with 27 championships. Lastly, the first World Series was played in 1903 between the Boston Red Sox and the Pittsburgh Pirates.
Let’s dive into this World Series game by game. Game 1. The Dodgers took game one with that game going into the 10th inning which they won on a walk off Freddie Freeman homerun. Game 2 the Dodgers also took with a score of 4-2 with again Freddie Freeman homering, as well as Tommy Edman getting one too. All-star and fan-favorite Freddie Freeman lived up to his name during this World Series.The Dodgers won game 3 with a score of again 4-2 and another homerun by Freddie Freeman. With game 4 up, a must win game for the Yankees was coming with it. And the Yankees showed up this game, playing like the AL champions, with a score of 11-4. Even with an impressive victory, the apparent MVP, Freddie Freeman hit another homerun for the Dodgers. He is the first player to do it for 4 games in a row in the World Series. In game 5 the Dodgers won the title of World Champions. This game was an exciting one, even without a Freddie Freeman homerun, because the Dodgers came back from a 0-5 deficit, and won 6-5. With the Dodgers reveling in victory, it was not a shock to anyone who won MVP of the series, Mr. Homerun himself, Freddie Freeman.
Overall this was a great World Series and fans can’t wait for another next year.
