The 2021 World Series will be the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 2021 season. The 117th edition of the World Series, it will be a best-of-seven playoff played between the National League (NL) champion Dodgers-Braves winner and the American League (AL) champion Red Sox-Astros winner. The series is scheduled to be played between October 26 and November 3.[1]
| 2021 World Series | ||||||||||
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| Dates | October 26 to November 3 | |||||||||
| Umpires | TBD | |||||||||
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| Television | Fox (United States – English) Fox Deportes (United States – Spanish) MLB International (International) | |||||||||
| TV announcers | Joe Buck, John Smoltz, Ken Rosenthal and Tom Verducci (Fox) | |||||||||
| Radio | ESPN (English) | |||||||||
| Radio announcers | Dan Shulman, Eduardo Pérez, Jessica Mendoza and Buster Olney (ESPN) | |||||||||
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Background
The team with the better regular season winning percentage will have home field advantage in the series, thus hosting the first, second, and if necessary, sixth, and seventh games.[2]
References
- ^ "2021 MLB playoffs: Who is in and full playoff schedule through World Series". ESPN. October 3, 2021. Retrieved October 12, 2021.
- ^ Kelly, Matt (October 13, 2021). "Who gets home field in the World Series?". MLB.com. Retrieved October 13, 2021.