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Dates:
Game 1
- October 27
Game 2
- October 28
Game 3
- October 29
Game 4
- October 30
Game 5
- October 31
Game 6
- November 1
Game 7
- November 2
As has
been standard since 2003, home field
advantage for the Series was decided
on July 10 at the All-Star Game in
Kansas City, Missouri, which the
National League won 8–0. The
World Series will begin with Game 1
on Wednesday October 24 at the home
stadium of the National League
champion. Game 2 also will be played
at the National League Champion's
home field, on Thursday, October 25.
Games 3, 4, and 5 (if needed) will
be played at the American League
Champion's home field on Saturday,
October 27, Sunday, October 28, and
Monday, October 29. Games 6 and 7,
if they are needed, will be played
at the National League park on
Wednesday, October 31 and Thursday,
November 1.
The
World Series is the annual
championship series of Major League
Baseball (MLB), played between the
American League and National League
champions since 1903. The winner of
the World Series championship is
determined through a best-of-seven
playoff and awarded the
Commissioner's Trophy. As the series
is played in October, Major League
Baseball also refers to it as the
"Fall Classic". The most recent
World Series was won by the St.
Louis Cardinals, who defeated the
Texas Rangers in seven games in
2011. The New York Yankees of the
American League have played in 40
World Series and won 27, the
Oakland/Philadelphia Athletics have
played in 14 and won nine, and the
Boston Red Sox have played in 12 and
won seven, including the first World
Series. In the National League, the
St. Louis Cardinals have played in
18 and won 11, while the San
Francisco/New York Giants and Los
Angeles/Brooklyn Dodgers have both
appeared in 18 and won six.
Prior
to 2003, home-field advantage in the
World Series alternated from year to
year between the NL and AL. After
the 2002 Major League Baseball
All-Star Game ended in a tie, MLB
decided to award home-field
advantage in the World Series to the
winner of the All-Star Game.
Originally implemented as a two-year
trial from 2003 to 2004, the
practice has been extended
indefinitely. The American League
won every All-Star Game since this
change until 2010 and thus has
enjoyed home-field advantage from
2002, when it also had home-field
advantage based on the alternating
schedule, through 2009.
Other
participants: Toronto Blue Jays,
Chicago Cubs, New York Mets.
The
San Francisco Giants are an American
baseball team. Their season
marks their 130th year in Major
League Baseball, as well as their
fifty-fifth year in San Francisco
since their move from New York
following the 1957 season, and the
thirteenth at AT&T Park. The Giants
finished with a record of 94-68, 1st
place in the NL West, and beat the
Cincinnati Reds in five games in the
Division Series. The Giants defeated
the St. Louis Cardinals in seven
games in the NL Championship Series
and advanced to the World
Series to face the Detroit Tigers.
The
Detroit Tigers season is the
team's 112th season. On October 1,
, the Tigers clinched the AL
Central title, the club's first
repeat title since 1934-1935. They
finished the regular season 88-74.
They defeated the Oakland Athletics
in the American League Divisional
Series, 3 games to 2. It was the
Tigers' second consecutive ALDS win.
The Tigers sweept the New York
Yankees in the American League
Championship Series and will
face the San Francisco Giants in the
World Series.
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