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2016 World Series
2016 World Series: Chicago Cubs beat Cleveland Indians 4-3, winning Game 7 8-7 in ten innings on November 2, 2016, ending a 108-year title drought since 1908.
2017 Major League Baseball season
2017 Major League Baseball season, April 2 to November 1, 2017; Houston Astros beat Los Angeles Dodgers 4-3 for first World Series title; Altuve and Stanton MVPs; new no-pitch intentional walk rule.
2017 World Baseball Classic
2017 World Baseball Classic: fourth edition, March 2017, 16 teams. United States won its first title, beating Puerto Rico 8-0 at Dodger Stadium; Marcus Stroman was MVP; Israel debuted.
2017 World Baseball Classic rosters
2017 World Baseball Classic rosters: 16 national teams' 28-man squads announced February 8, 2017, with 63 MLB All-Stars; the United States won the title, beating Puerto Rico 8-0.
2017 World Series
The 2017 World Series was the Major League Baseball championship in which the Houston Astros beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 4-3, winning Game 7 at Dodger Stadium for their first title.
2018 Major League Baseball season
2018 MLB season, March 29-September 30 regular season under a new schedule format; Red Sox beat Dodgers 4-1 in the World Series for their fourth title since 2004; Game 3 was an 18-inning record.
2018 World Series
2018 World Series: the 114th MLB championship, in which the Boston Red Sox beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 4-1 for their ninth title; Game 3 was the longest World Series game ever at 18 innings and 7 hours 20 minutes.
2019 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
2019 MLB All-Star Game: 90th Midsummer Classic, July 9, 2019, Progressive Field, Cleveland. American League beat National League 4-3; Shane Bieber won MVP; new two-stage fan voting format.
2019 Major League Baseball season
2019 MLB season: opened March 20 at Tokyo Dome, first Europe games (London Series), record 6,776 home runs, mound visits cut to five; Washington Nationals beat Houston Astros 4-3 for first World Series title.
2019 World Series
2019 World Series: the Washington Nationals beat the Houston Astros 4–3 (Oct 22–30) for their first title; the road team won all seven games, unprecedented; Strasburg was MVP.
2020 Major League Baseball draft
2020 Major League Baseball draft: the First-Year Player Draft held June 10-11, 2020, cut from 40 rounds to five (160 picks) due to COVID-19; Tigers took Spencer Torkelson first overall for a record $8,416,300 bonus.
2020 Major League Baseball season
2020 Major League Baseball season: COVID-19-shortened 60-game regular season, July 23 to September 27, no fans, universal DH, 16-team playoffs, Dodgers won the World Series, Shane Bieber unanimous AL Cy Young.
2020 World Series
2020 World Series: Los Angeles Dodgers beat Tampa Bay Rays 4-2 at neutral-site Globe Life Field, Arlington, for the Dodgers' first title since 1988; Corey Seager MVP, 16-team pandemic playoff format.
2021 in softball
2021 in softball saw the sport return from a 17-month COVID-19 hiatus, with Japan winning Olympic gold in Tokyo and the United States taking the U-18 World Cup.
2021 Major League Baseball draft
2021 MLB draft (July 11-13, 2021): 612 players chosen in 20 rounds; Pirates took Henry Davis first overall; bonus slots frozen at 2019 values, top slot $8,415,300; record 10 first-round shortstops.
2021 Major League Baseball season
2021 Major League Baseball season: full 162-game schedule April 1 to October 3 after the 60-game 2020 COVID season; sticky-stuff crackdown from June 21; All-Star Game moved to Coors Field; Shohei Ohtani's two-way year; Atlanta Braves won the World Series over Houston.
2021 World Series
2021 World Series: Atlanta Braves beat Houston Astros 4-2 (Oct 26-Nov 2, 2021) for their first title since 1995; Jorge Soler MVP; Astros' third Fall Classic in five years.
2022 Major League Baseball draft
2022 MLB First-Year Player Draft: 616 players over 20 rounds, July 17-20, 2022. Orioles took Jackson Holliday first overall; four of the first five picks were Black players, a draft first.
2022 Major League Baseball season
2022 Major League Baseball season, played April 7 to October 5 after a 99-day lockout; 12-team playoffs and universal DH introduced; Aaron Judge hit a record 62 AL home runs; Houston Astros beat Philadelphia 4-2 for the World Series title.
2022 World Series
2022 World Series: Houston Astros beat Philadelphia Phillies 4-2 for their second title in six seasons; Game 4 combined no-hitter, Jeremy Peña first rookie position player WS MVP, Dusty Baker's first championship.
2023 Major League Baseball draft
2023 MLB Draft (Rule 4 Draft), held July 9-12 in Seattle: first draft with a top-six lottery; Pirates took Paul Skenes No. 1, Nationals Dylan Crews No. 2, first teammates 1-2; 614 players, LSU led with 13.
2023 Major League Baseball season
2023 Major League Baseball season: first year of the pitch timer, shift restrictions, larger bases, and pickoff limits; average game fell to 2:40, attendance rose 9.6%, and the Texas Rangers won the World Series.
2023 World Baseball Classic
The 2023 World Baseball Classic, the fifth WBC, ran March 8-21, 2023, in Taiwan, Japan, and the US with 20 teams. Japan beat the United States 3-2 in the Miami final on Shohei Ohtani's strikeout of Mike Trout, winning its third title.
2023 World Series
The 2023 World Series, MLB's 119th championship, matched wild cards Texas Rangers and Arizona Diamondbacks; the Rangers won 4-1 for their first title, with Corey Seager as MVP and an 11-0 postseason road record.
2024 American League Championship Series
2024 ALCS: New York Yankees beat Cleveland Guardians 4-1 for their 41st AL pennant; Juan Soto's 10th-inning homer won Game 5, Giancarlo Stanton was ALCS MVP, Yankees reached first World Series since 2009.
2024 Major League Baseball postseason
2024 MLB postseason: 12-team playoff bracket from October 1 Wild Card Series to the World Series, where the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the New York Yankees 4-1 for their eighth title; Freeman was MVP.
2024 Major League Baseball season
2024 MLB season: opened with Seoul Series (Dodgers-Padres), ended with Dodgers beating Yankees 4-1 in World Series. White Sox went 41-121; Ohtani first 50/50 player; Negro Leagues stats added to MLB records.
2024 National League Championship Series
2024 NLCS: Los Angeles Dodgers beat New York Mets 4-2, October 13-20, for their 25th NL pennant; Tommy Edman MVP with 11 RBI; Dodgers went on to win the World Series over the Yankees in five games.
2024 WBSC Premier12
2024 WBSC Premier12, third edition of the WBSC Premier12 (世界棒球12強賽), held 9–24 November 2024 in Mexico, Japan, and Taiwan; Chinese Taipei won its first title by beating Japan 4–0 in the Tokyo Dome final.
2024 World Series
The 2024 World Series: the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the New York Yankees 4-1 for their eighth title, the 12th Dodgers-Yankees Fall Classic and first since 1981, with Freddie Freeman's historic walk-off grand slam and Game 5 comeback.