Sentences with phrase «first world series»

Tom Brady had just won his 3rd Superbowl, Google brought out Gmail to a skeptical audience, Halo 2 rocked the gaming world, and the Boston Red Sox won their first World Series in 86 years.

What a year we have had in Houston, from the apocalyptic nature of Hurricane Harvey which dumped more than 50 inches on the region, to the euphoria of the city's first World Series championship.

George Springer and the Houston Astros rocketed to the top of the baseball galaxy Wednesday night, winning the first World Series championship in franchise history by romping past the Los Angeles Dodgers 5 - 1 in Game 7.

The Astros, who lead the series 3 - 2, now have two chances in Los Angeles to win their first World Series since the inception of the franchise 55 years ago.

I've really been into baseball puns lately since my hometown team, The Royals, are playing in their first World Series since 1985... I'm just a little proud of my city these days.

In 2005, he led the White Sox to their first American League pennant since 1959, and their first World Series win since 1917 with a 4 - game sweep of the Houston Astros.

On a medal - laden night for British divers at the London Aquatics Centre, Tom Daley claimed his first World Series title in over two years but insisted he can still perform even better.

I was also fortunate enough to see the very first World Series game in ATL played there.

Yankee hopes were dead, the seventh game was over and the Pirates had won their first World Series in 35 years.

Miller, similarly, is willing to pitch as often as he has to in order to earn Cleveland its first World Series in 68.

Going to Foulke as often as Francona could, even on back - to - back nights, won Boston its first World Series in 86 years.

That starts with the Minnesota Twins each round after their 103 - loss season, and ends with the Chicago Cubs, who won 103 games in 2016 en route to their first World Series championship in 108 years.

Tonight, Chicago will attempt to win their first World Series in over a century.

The first World Series for Little League's new Intermediate 50/70 Division is being hosted at Max Baer Park in Livermore, a mere seven miles away from their home turf.

That could refer to their first World Series title, but no, here we're talking about the Astros» first win within a World Series: The organization is now 0 - 5 all - time in World Series games.

He threw 57 strikes, and is the first pitcher since 1966 to strike out 11 or more batters in his first World Series appearance.

After winning their first World Series since 1908, the Chicago Cubs opened with the highest win total (95.5) for the upcoming season.

The Astros won 101 games, making this the first World Series matchup between 100 - win teams since 1970.

Growing up in Pittsburgh, I saw Clemente's 3000 hit, the first World Series night game, the 1979 clincher against the Reds, and at least one game from every post season series in which they played.

The Indians have a chance to win their first World Series in decades, and they're a) going up against an exceptionally strong team by historical standards, and b) without three - fourths of their rotation, which was the biggest reason they won the AL Central in the first place.

... Which they should absolutely do by the way, since this is their first World Series ever and all.

Instead, the Astros took home their first World Series since the franchise started in 1962 by beating LA 5 - 1 on their own field.

They won their first World Series in almost a decade and once again won back the hearts of fans across the country (if they ever actually lost them).

I loved that he called up a rabbi in 2004 to see if he should play on Yom Kippur during the playoff run that would result in the team's first World Series win in a million years.

The Cubs are the first World Series winner to win their division the following season since the Philadelphia Phillies in 2009.

And since this is the first World Series the Astros have ever won, it's likely to be a big parade.

Seventeen years after he broke into the majors — among Hall of Famers only Walter Johnson waited longer to reach the Fall Classic (18 years)-- Bonds became the oldest man ever to homer in his first World Series at bat.

The Astros were swept in the 2005 World Series by the White Sox, which was their first World Series.

He grounds out here, and the Dodgers are once again down to their last three outs, while the Astros are three outs from winning their first World Series game in franchise history.

That speech ranks right there with the one Tug McGraw gave after the Phillies» first World Series win in 1980.

The author of Studs Lonigan — as loyal a fan as the White Sox have ever had — recalls the first World Series game he ever saw.

That way no matter where you live, if you're an Astros fan you will be able to see Houston's baseball team throw a massive party after winning its first World Series ever.

The Astros had a chance to win their first World Series championship in franchise history — a history that dates back to 1962 when they were, briefly, the Houston Colt.45's — but even without a lengthy Rich Hill start, the Dodgers were able to prevent that and force a Game 7.

It's all how Houston saw the first World Series win in its history.

The Cavaliers were getting their championship rings a couple hundred feet away from where the Indians were trying to win their first World Series in 68 years.

The Astros got that first World Series win in Houston by hitting the ball as hard as humanly possible, several times in a row, over a sustained period of time.

But there is a new behemoth in the National League Central in the Chicago Cubs, who captured their first World Series championship in 108 years on Thursday night.

I look forward to seeing the Astros win their first World Series title during my lifetime.

Dodgers utility man Kiké Hernandez had the game of his life Thursday night, hitting three home runs and driving in seven runs to lead his team to an 11 - 1 win over the Cubs to clinch the National League pennant and the franchise's first World Series trip in nearly three decades.

The Cubs lost to the Washington Nationals, 8 - 4, on Wednesday and fell to 39 - 39 on the season, after winning 200 games over the last two seasons, including the club's first World Series championship in 108 years last fall.

The Cubs won their first World Series game in 71 years, 5 - 1, and they used the help of a beefy metaphor to do it.

AND the Cleveland Indians were playing just next door to them in their first World Series game in 19 years!

Watching the Chicago Cubs battle to their first World Series championship since 1908, I sensed my latent sentimental streak for the game's early days returning, so I picked up a copy of Lawrence S. Ritter's The Glory of Their Times.

John Carmichael segued from marking the 20th anniversary of the Toronto Blue Jays» first World Series championship to worrying that a cap - and - trade system would leave Canadians with less money to spend on baseball.

The Houston Astros won their first World Series championship this week.

Entering Wednesday afternoon's game against the visiting Baltimore Orioles, the Kansas City Royals are one win away from going to their first World Series since 1985.

Not exact matches

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Looking at the Toronto Blue Jays this season, the team has seen the highest attendance tally for its first three home games since 1994 — the year after the Jays won their second World Series (not counting years with weekend games, because they always draw larger crowds).