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The Black Sox Scandal was a Major League Baseball game-fixing scandal in which eight members of the Chicago White Sox were accused of throwing the 1919 World Series against the Cincinnati Reds in exchange for money from a gambling syndicate led by Arnold Rothstein, Aiden Clayton and Aaron Nelson.
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If your team remakes it counts toward a loss in series. Learned it the hard way. That's not true. Unless you or a duo partner were the cause of the remake.
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Current Oakland Athletics pitcher Mike Fiers, who spent parts of three seasons with the Astros, went on the record to say his former team had a tech-fueled sign-stealing scheme in 2017. Shortly after the article came out, MLB launched an investigation. Commissioner Rob Manfred released his findings on Jan.
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The 104th edition of the World Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff between the National League (NL) champion Philadelphia Phillies and the American League (AL) champion Tampa Bay Rays; the Phillies won the series, four games to one. ... This was the Phillies' first World Series appearance in fifteen years.
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The Astros defeated the Dodgers, four games to three, to win their first World Series in franchise history, also becoming the first team from Texas to do so. It was the first time since 2001-2002 when two consecutive World Series went to seven games.
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The Washington Nationals have taken a 2-0 lead in the best-of-seven World Series after thrashing the Houston Astros 12-3 in game two in Texas. Both sides scored twice in the first inning, but it remained deadlocked at 2-2 until Kurt Suzuki's home run for Washington in the top of the seventh.
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The Nationals began the 2019 season with a record of 19-31, with their reported chances of winning the World Series at that time being 1.5 percent. ... The team then defeated the Houston Astros in game seven of the 2019 World Series, giving them their first World Series championship, with Strasburg being voted series MVP.
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The 2017 American League Championship Series was a best-of-seven playoff pitting the Houston Astros against the New York Yankees for the American League pennant and the right to face the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 2017 World Series. The Astros defeated the Yankees in seven games after falling behind three games to two.
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The Houston Astros are the only franchise to have represented both the NL (2005) and the AL (2017 and 2019), winning the Series in 2017. The current World Series champions are the Washington Nationals.
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The winner of the World Series championship is determined through a best-of-seven playoff, and the winning team is awarded the Commissioner's Trophy.
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The Washington Nationals defeated the Houston Astros, 7-2, on Tuesday night to force a Game 7 in the 2019 World Series. Thanks to a brilliant start from right-hander Stephen Strasburg, a five-RBI game from Anthony Rendon and a few timely home runs, Washington kept its season alive.
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The winner of the ALCS wins the AL pennant and advances to the World Series, MLB's championship series, to play the winner of the National League's (NL) Championship Series. The ALCS began in 1969 as a best-of-five playoff and used this format until 1985, when it changed to its current best-of-seven format.
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The Houston Astros defeated the Washington Nationals, 8-1, in Game 4 of the 2019 World Series on Saturday night at Nationals Park. The Astros tied the series at 2-2 with the blowout victory.
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Nationals Beat Astros 6-2 To Win The 2019 World Series The Nats were initially handcuffed by Houston starter Zack Greinke, who gave up only two hits in six innings. Washington scored all six runs in the last three innings.
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The Nationals' improbable October run ended with a championship. The Washington Nationals defeated the Houston Astros, 6-2, in a winner-take-all Game 7 to capture their first World Series title in franchise history on Wednesday night at Minute Maid Park.
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"Yes, indeed they are," TheDJTEc admitted. In fact, the machines are rigged so that players only hit the jackpot (ie., get their stuffed animal) as often as the law requires. TheDJTec gave this explanation: "Under California law my claws are set to 1/12, which means 1/12 players will have a chance to win.
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Washington Nationals beat Houston Astros in Game 7 to win World Series – as it happened.