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Marvin Hudson
Marvin Lee Hudson (born March 3, 1964) is an American Major League Baseball (MLB) umpire who began his career in the National League in . He has officiated in the 2004 All-Star Game, eight Division Series (2005, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2020, 2022), four League Championship Series (2014, 2019, 2023, 2024), and two World Series (2016, 2020). He wears uniform number 51. Umpiring career Prior to reaching the Major Leagues, Hudson served as an umpire in several minor leagues, beginning with the Appalachian League in 1992. From there, he moved on to the South Atlantic League for the following year, during which he also spent time in the Florida Instructional League. After umpiring for the Florida State League in 1994, Hudson moved on to the Southern League in 1995 and 1996. He also officiated for the Hawaiian Winter League in 1995. After advancing all the way to the International League, where he umpired from 1997 to 1999, Hudson was promoted to the Major Leagues in 1999. Huds ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marietta, Georgia
Marietta is a city in and the county seat of Cobb County, Georgia, United States. At the 2020 census, the city had a population of 60,972. The 2019 estimate was 60,867, making it one of Atlanta's largest suburbs. Marietta is the fourth largest of the principal cities by population of the Atlanta metropolitan area. History Etymology The origin of the name is uncertain. It is believed that the city was named for Mary Cobb, the wife of the U.S. Senator and Superior Court judge Thomas Willis Cobb. The county is named for Cobb. Early settlers Homes were built by early settlers near the Cherokee town of Big Shanty (now Kennesaw) before 1824. The first plot was laid out in 1833. Like most towns, Marietta had a square ( Marietta Square) in the center with a courthouse. The Georgia General Assembly legally recognized the community on December 19, 1834. Built in 1838, Oakton House is the oldest continuously occupied residence in Marietta. The original barn, milk house, smokehouse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2020 American League Division Series
The 2020 American League Division Series were two best-of-five-games series in Major League Baseball’s (MLB) expanded 2020 postseason to determine participating teams in the 2020 American League Championship Series. Those matchups were: * (1) Tampa Bay Rays (East Division champions) vs. (5) New York Yankees (East Division 2nd place): Rays win series 3–2. * (2) Oakland Athletics (West Division champions) vs. (6) Houston Astros (West Division 2nd place): Astros win series 3–1. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, all games for each of the two series were held at two neutral sites at Petco Park in San Diego, California, and Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, California. The games were televised nationally by TBS. The Rays would earn their second American League Championship Series berth, their first being in 2008, while the Astros won their fourth straight American League Division Series. The Rays would go on to defeat the Astros in the ALCS, then lose the 2020 World Series to the Nat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MLB At Field Of Dreams
MLB at Field of Dreams is a recurring Major League Baseball (MLB) regular-season List of neutral site regular season Major League Baseball games played in the United States and Canada, specialty game played in a ballpark adjacent to Field of Dreams (Dubuque County, Iowa), Field of Dreams in Dyersville, Iowa, a site popularized by the 1989 baseball film ''Field of Dreams''. The first edition of the game was played on August 12, 2021, with the 2021 Chicago White Sox season, Chicago White Sox defeating the 2021 New York Yankees season, New York Yankees, 9–8. The second edition of the game was played on August 11, 2022, with the 2022 Chicago Cubs season, Chicago Cubs defeating the 2022 Cincinnati Reds season, Cincinnati Reds, 4–2. Both games were held on the second Thursday of August. Future games are on hold while a new youth baseball and softball complex is under construction at the Field of Dreams site. Background The first edition of the game was planned for August 13, 2020, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2013 World Baseball Classic
The 2013 World Baseball Classic (WBC) was an international professional baseball competition, held from March 2 to 19, 2013. This was the third iteration of the WBC, following the two previous tournaments, held in 2006 and 2009. Unlike the two previous WBCs, which consisted of the same sixteen countries, only the twelve countries that won at least one game in the 2009 WBC were guaranteed a berth in the main tournament. The automatic qualifiers were Australia, China, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Italy, Japan, Mexico, the Netherlands, Puerto Rico, South Korea, the United States, and Venezuela. Four qualification brackets were held in late 2012 and respectively won by Canada, Taiwan, Spain, and Brazil, who joined the WBC as the final four teams (the latter two making their Classic debuts). As in the 2006 tournament, the first round had a round-robin format, which led to South Korea being eliminated on a run difference tiebreaker. Venezuela also failed to advance out of a tough ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2009 World Baseball Classic
The 2009 World Baseball Classic (WBC) was an International Baseball Federation, international baseball competition. It began on March 5 and finished March 23. Unlike in 2006 World Baseball Classic, 2006, when the Round-robin tournament, round-robin format of the first two rounds led to some eliminations being decided by Goal difference, run-difference tiebreakers, the first two rounds of the 2009 edition were double-elimination, modified double-elimination format. The modification was that the final game of each bracket was winner-take-all, even if won by the team emerging from the loser's bracket, although that game only affected seeding, as two teams always advanced from each bracket. The biggest surprise in the first round was the Netherlands national baseball team, Netherlands, which twice defeated the Dominican Republic national baseball team, Dominican Republic in Pool D to advance. The second round saw the two Pool A teams (South Korea national baseball team, South Kore ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World Baseball Classic
The World Baseball Classic (WBC), also referred to as the Classic, is an international baseball tournament sanctioned by the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC), the sport's global governing body, and organized in World Baseball Classic Inc., partnership with Major League Baseball (MLB) and Major League Baseball Players Association (MLBPA). The winning team is awarded the World Baseball Classic Championship Trophy. It is one of the two main senior baseball tournaments sanctioned by the WBSC, alongside the WBSC Premier12, but is the only one to grant the winner the title of "world champion". The tournament, proposed in 2005 by MLB and its Major League Baseball Players Association, Players Association, was first held in 2006 World Baseball Classic, 2006 as an invitational event. It previously coexisted with Baseball at the Summer Olympics, Olympic baseball (until 2008) and the Baseball World Cup (until 2011) as tournaments sanctioned by the International Baseball Federa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2020 World Series
The 2020 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's 2020 season. The 116th World Series was a best-of-seven-playoff between the American League (AL) champion Tampa Bay Rays and the National League (NL) champion Los Angeles Dodgers. The Dodgers defeated the Rays to win the series in six games for their first championship since 1988. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the entire series was played at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas, from October 20 to October 27, with the ballpark's seating capacity limited to 25 percent (11,500 fans). The pandemic resulted in the regular season being reduced to 60 games and the postseason being held at neutral sites instead of at teams' home stadiums. This was the first World Series to be played at a neutral site, as well as the first since to be held at only one ballpark. It was the first World Series since to be played entirely on artificial turf, the fifth all-artificial-turf World Series, and the first World Seri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2016 World Series
The 2016 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 2016 season. The 112th edition of the World Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff between the National League (NL) champion Chicago Cubs and the American League (AL) champion Cleveland Indians, the first meeting of those franchises in postseason history. The series was played between October 25 and November 2 (although Game 7 ended slightly after 12:00 am local time on November 3). The Indians had home-field advantage because the AL had won the 2016 All-Star Game. This was the final World Series to have home-field advantage determined by the All-Star Game results; since , home-field advantage has been awarded to the team with the better record. The Cubs defeated the Indians 4–3 to capture their first World Series championship since 1908, and their first while playing at Wrigley Field. The deciding seventh game, won by Chicago 8–7 in ten innings, was the fifth World Series Game 7 to go in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World Series
The World Series is the annual championship series of Major League Baseball (MLB). It has been contested since between the champion teams of the American League (AL) and the National League (NL). The winning team, determined through a best-of-seven playoff (except in 1903 and from 1919–1921, when a best-of-nine format was used), is awarded the Commissioner's Trophy. The series is traditionally played in October, although before expansion of the regular-season schedule from 154 to 162 games the event occasionally started in late September (most recently in ) and the entire series took place early in that month due to the World War I "Work or Fight" order forcing an early end to that year's regular season, while some more recent editions have been contested into November due to in-season delays and expansion of earlier postseason rounds. Because the series is played in the fall or autumn season in North America, it is often referred to as the Fall Classic. Before the A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2024 National League Championship Series
The 2024 National League Championship Series was a best-of-seven playoff in Major League Baseball's 2024 postseason. It matched the overall #1 seed Los Angeles Dodgers against the sixth-seeded New York Mets. The Dodgers won the series, four games to two, to become National League (NL) champions and advance to the 2024 World Series. For his performance, Dodgers player Tommy Edman won the NL Championship Series Most Valuable Player Award. The series began on October 13 and ended on October 20. Fox and FS1 televised the games in the U.S. The Dodgers went on to defeat the American League champion and the Mets fellow Subway Series rival New York Yankees in the 2024 World Series to win their eighth World Series title in franchise history. Background The Los Angeles Dodgers qualified for the postseason as the National League West division winner and the league's top seed. They clinched a playoff berth with a victory over the Marlins on September 19. This was the 12th consecutiv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2023 American League Championship Series
The 2023 American League Championship Series was a best-of-seven playoff in Major League Baseball's 2023 postseason between the second-seeded Houston Astros and the fifth-seeded Texas Rangers for the American League (AL) pennant and the right to play in the 2023 World Series. The Rangers won the series four games to three. The visiting team won every game in the seven-game series, making this the second such occurrence in North American professional sports after the 2019 World Series (which, coincidentally, the Astros also lost). The series began on October 15 and Game 7 was played on October 23. Fox and FS1 televised all games in the United States. It was the first-ever postseason meeting between the intra-state rivals, and the first LCS for either league to be played entirely within one state (apart from the neutral-site matchups of the 2020 postseason, which were necessitated by the COVID-19 pandemic). Following the eliminations of division winners Baltimore Orioles (AL E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2019 American League Championship Series
The 2019 American League Championship Series was a best-of-seven series in Major League Baseball's 2019 Major League Baseball postseason, 2019 postseason between the two winners of the 2019 American League Division Series; the overall #1 seed 2019 Houston Astros season, Houston Astros and the second-seeded 2019 New York Yankees season, New York Yankees, for the American League (AL) Pennant (sports), pennant and the right to play in the 2019 World Series. The Astros defeated the Yankees in six games, advancing to face the 2019 National League Championship Series, 2019 National League champions, the Washington Nationals, whom they lost to in seven games. The series was played in a 2–3–2 format, with the Astros, having the better regular season record, hosting the first two and last two (if necessary) games. The series was the 50th in league history, with Major League Baseball on Fox, Fox/Major League Baseball on FS1, FS1 televising all games in the United States. For the third ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
