The 1981 playoffs did something similar ... But because of the strike in 1981, baseball tried something a little new: They split the season into two halves, pre- and post-strike, and every ...

The Dodgers lost the first two games of a 1981 National League playoff series in Houston ... in the last World Series meeting between two of baseball’s most iconic franchises, who will resume ...

No one could anticipate what happened in 1981, when Fernandomania took over baseball. At 20 years old ... New York Yankees in six games. During the playoffs, Valenzuela went 3-1 with a 2.21 ...

A World Series involving marquee teams from the country’s two largest markets will likely mean a sizable increase in TV ...