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 ratings service also says that Americans watched 29.5 billion minutes’ worth of playoff baseball from Oct ... teams met in the World Series, in 1981, the series averaged 41.3 million ...

But as for the on-field product, many baseball fans have felt that the postseason has been watered ... And it will also be their first since 1981. But this one has a very good chance of being ...

The Los Angeles Dodgers clinched a World Series date with the New York Yankees by beating the New York Mets in Game 6 of the National League Division Series.

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 ...

Two of baseball's most storied franchises have faced off 12 times in the Fall Classic, the most played Major League Baseball postseason matchup ... recent meeting in 1981 -- and quite a bit ...

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 ...

Edman is tied with 2020 Mookie Betts and 1981 Steve Garvey for most in a single postseason in Dodgers history, according to Sarah Langs. The Major League Baseball record for multi-hit games in a ...

The Yankees are in the Fall Classic for the first time since Hal Steinbrenner inherited the team from his famous father.

John Robinson, who coached his run-oriented USC football team to a national title and the L.A. Rams to two NFL conference ...

The Yankees have won eight of the 11 matchups -- 1941, 1947, 1949, 1952, 1953, 1956, 1977 and 1978 -- while the Dodgers won ...