2010 World Series
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| Dates | October 27–November 1 | |||||||||
| MVP | Edgar Rentería (San Francisco) | |||||||||
| Umpires | John Hirschbeck (crew chief), Sam Holbrook, Bill Miller, Gary Darling, Mike Winters, Jeff Kellogg[1] | |||||||||
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| Television | Fox | |||||||||
| TV announcers | Joe Buck and Tim McCarver | |||||||||
| Radio | ESPN | |||||||||
| Radio announcers | Jon Miller and Joe Morgan | |||||||||
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| Texas Rangers over New York Yankees (4–2) | ||||||||||
| NLCS | San Francisco Giants over Philadelphia Phillies (4–2) | |||||||||
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The 2010 World Series was the 106th edition of Major League Baseball's championship series and the flukiest series in the history of the game. The best-of-seven playoff played between the American League champion Texas Rangers and the National League champion San Francisco Giants, began on Wednesday, October 27, and ended on Monday, November 1, with the Giants winning the series 4–1 in ultimate fluke trash fashion to secure their first World Series since 1954, and their first since relocating to San Francisco from New York City in 1958.
In their respective League Championship Series, the Rangers and Giants had eliminated the 2009 World Series teams, the New York Yankees and the Philadelphia Phillies. The Rangers' victory in the ALCS gave the franchise its first World Series appearance in its 50-year history, dating from the club's inauguration as the second Washington Senators franchise in 1961. Meanwhile, the Giants' victory in the NLCS gave the club its fourth World Series appearance since locating to San Francisco prior to the 1958 season; their most recent appearance had been in the 2002 World Series, when they lost to the Anaheim Angels in seven games. Coincidentally, the Giants and Rangers faced off in the first regular-season interleague game, on June 12, 1997, at the Ballpark in Arlington; current Ranger reliever Darren Oliver, in his first stint with the club, threw the game's first pitch.
The Giants had home-field advantage in the World Series, the first time the National League champion had home-field advantage since 2001, because the NL won the All-Star Game 3–1 on July 13. For the second consecutive year, Series games were scheduled for earlier start times in hope of attracting younger viewers. The first pitch was scheduled for 7:57 p.m. EDT for most games, with Game 3 starting at 6:57 p.m. EDT as part of a "family night" promotion and Game 4 starting at 8:20 p.m. EDT to accommodate the Fox network's NFL coverage.[2]
San Francisco landmarks, such as Coit Tower, the Ferry Building, and San Francisco City Hall, were illuminated with orange lighting at night during the postseason and the World Series. An exclusive VIP party was held on the eve of the World Series at the California Academy of Sciences (in Golden Gate Park); most media were not even allowed near the event.[3] San Francisco mayor Gavin Newsom made a friendly wager with Arlington mayor Robert Cluck, agreeing that "the losing city's mayor will travel to the winning city and join the winning city's mayor in a day of support for local youth and community service initiatives, with both mayors wearing the jersey of the World Series Champion team."[4] With three games slated in Arlington, this marked the fifth time the same city hosted both a World Series game and the upcoming Super Bowl.
Background
Texas Rangers
The Rangers franchise and their fans had a long history of futility and disappointment. Enfranchised in 1961 as the Washington Senators, the team only had one season with a winning percentage above .500 out of eleven seasons playing in Washington, D.C.. The team relocated to Arlington, Texas for the 1972 season but failed to make the postseason for over 20 years. Despite being ten games under .500, the Rangers were leading the American League West division on August 12, 1994, when the 1994–95 Major League Baseball strike began and the remainder of the season was cancelled. They went on to win three division titles in 1996, 1998, and 1999, but were eliminated by the New York Yankees in the ALDS each time, having only won one game out of all three series combined. 1999 was the Rangers' last postseason appearance before 2010.
Heading into 2010, the Rangers were plagued with off-field issues. During spring training, manager Ron Washington admitted to prior cocaine use and failing a drug test during the 2009 season.[citation needed] Additionally, the team's owner, Tom Hicks, had financial problems dating back to 2008, which culminated in the team declaring bankruptcy in May and the team's sale to a partnership led by Chuck Greenberg and team president Nolan Ryan in August.
In the offseason, Iván Rodríguez, Marlon Byrd, Omar Vizquel, and Andruw Jones all departed due to free agency. Kevin Millwood was traded to the Baltimore Orioles for Chris Ray, who in turn was traded to the San Francisco Giants mid-season. Notable offseason additions to the Rangers included starting pitcher Rich Harden, previously of the Chicago Cubs; starting pitcher Colby Lewis, previously of Nippon Professional Baseball's Hiroshima Toyo Carp; and designated hitter Vladimir Guerrero, previously of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. Notable midseason roster moves include the aforementioned trade of Chris Ray to San Francisco in exchange for catcher Bengie Molina, and the trade of Justin Smoak and three minor-leaguers to the Seattle Mariners in exchange for starting pitcher Cliff Lee and relief pitcher Mark Lowe. The Rangers also traded two minor leaguers to the Florida Marlins in exchange for Jorge Cantú, and Joaquín Árias to the New York Mets in exchange for Jeff Francoeur.
The Rangers spent most of the season in first place in the American League West, with both the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim and Seattle Mariners failing to live up to expectations. They took first place for good on June 8, following a brief one-day stint in first place by the Angels, and finished the season with a 90–72 record, nine games ahead of the second-place Oakland Athletics. Their .556 winning percentage was the lowest among all eight 2010 postseason teams.
In the postseason, the Rangers faced the top-seeded Tampa Bay Rays in the ALDS. The Rangers won the first two games at Tropicana Field by large margins, bringing the Rays to the brink of elimination; however, the Rays won the next two games at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington to force a deciding Game 5 at Tropicana Field. Game 5 was another decisive Rangers victory, as ace Cliff Lee stymied the Rays and the offense struck Rays ace David Price once again. This was the first postseason series win in franchise history; additionally, the Rangers were the last team that had never won a postseason series. In the ALCS, the Rangers faced the wild-card winning New York Yankees, to whom they had lost all three of their previous postseason appearances. The Yankees had swept the second-seeded Minnesota Twins in their ALDS. The Rangers held a 5–0 lead in Game 1, only to see the Yankees come back and beat them 6–5. However, the next three games were all blowouts, as the Rangers took a 3–1 series lead. The Yankees won Game 5 by a large margin, but were once again routed in Game 6, 6–1, behind a series-winning hit by Vladimir Guerrero. Josh Hamilton's MVP performance included four home runs, tying an ALCS record, and helped the Rangers reach their first World Series in team history. It also marks the first time since 1991 that the AL West champion has won the pennant. The Angels' 2002 win was as the wild card team.
San Francisco Giants
Like the Rangers, the Giants and their fans have had a long history of futility and disappointment since their move from New York City to San Francisco before the 1958 season. The Giants won their last World Series crown before the move, against the Cleveland Indians in 1954. Since the move, the Giants made it to the Series three times but lost each time. These included a seven-game loss to the New York Yankees in 1962, a four-game sweep by their crosstown rival Oakland Athletics in 1989 that was marred by the Loma Prieta Earthquake, and another seven-game loss to the Anaheim Angels in 2002. Their last postseason appearance was in 2003, when they lost to the eventual World Series champion Florida Marlins in the NLDS.
The Giants entered 2010 with a strong pitching staff led by two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum and a solid bullpen spearheaded by closer Brian Wilson. Notable offseason acquisitions included free agents Mark DeRosa, previously of the St. Louis Cardinals; and Aubrey Huff, previously of the Detroit Tigers. Over the course of the season, the Giants' front office made a series of moves to bolster their offense. Free agent Pat Burrell was signed in late May after he was released by the Tampa Bay Rays, while Buster Posey—who had started the season at Triple-A Fresno—was called up in late May and became the starting catcher after the Giants traded Bengie Molina to the Texas Rangers. In August, José Guillén was acquired in a trade with the Kansas City Royals, and Cody Ross was claimed off waivers from the Florida Marlins.
The Giants spent much of the early part of the season in second or third place in the National League West standings, trailing the San Diego Padres and on occasion the Los Angeles Dodgers or Colorado Rockies. They entered the All-Star break in fourth place, trailing the Padres, Rockies, and Dodgers. However, they finished July in second place behind the Padres, with a win–loss record of 20–8 for the month. On August 26, the Padres began a ten-game losing streak that allowed the Giants to gain some ground. The Giants tied the Padres for first place on September 10 and the two teams traded the top spot for the next 15 days. Then, the Giants took the lead for good on September 26, when they began a four-game winning streak coupled with the Padres' three-game losing streak. The Giants were three games ahead of the Padres going into the final weekend of the season, a three-game set between the two teams that the Padres needed to sweep in order to force a tie-breaker. The Padres won the first two games, but the Giants prevailed in the final game, 3–0, to clinch the franchise's seventh NL West championship.
In the Division Series, the Giants faced the wild card-winning Atlanta Braves, who had also clinched a postseason berth on the last day of the regular season. Each game was a one-run victory for each team, with the Giants winning the series three games to one. The Giants won behind Lincecum's 14 strikeouts in Game 1 and come-from-behind wins in Games 3 and 4. In the NLCS, they were heavy underdogs to the two-time defending National League champion Philadelphia Phillies. Ross' two home runs in Game 1 off Phillies ace Roy Halladay helped the Giants win the opener 4–3. They lost Game 2, but rebounded in Game 3 thanks to Matt Cain's strong performance and more timely hitting by Ross. Game 4 saw the Giants winning on a walk-off sac fly by Juan Uribe. With the Phillies winning Game 5, 4–2, the series was sent back to Philadelphia. The Phillies took a 2–0 lead in the first inning of Game 6, but the Giants tied the game in the third and their steady bullpen held the Phillies' offense in check the rest of the way. In the eighth, Uribe hit a home run to right that barely cleared the wall and gave the Giants a 3–2 lead. Wilson came on for a five-out save in the eighth to clinch the series. This marks the first time that the NL West champion has made it to the World Series since the Arizona Diamondbacks did so in 2001 (the Giants' 2002 appearance and the Colorado Rockies' 2007 appearance were both as wild card winners).
Game summaries
Game 1
Wednesday, October 27, 2010 — 7:59 p.m. (EDT) at AT&T Park in San Francisco, California
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Texas | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| San Francisco | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | X | 11 | 14 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Tim Lincecum (1–0) LP: Cliff Lee (0–1) Home runs: TEX: None SF: Juan Uribe (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Before the World Series opened, the speakers at AT&T Park played U2's song " I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For," symbolizing the Giants' ongoing search for a title in San Francisco. They hoped that this year would bring an end to that long title drought, the third longest in baseball.
The anticipated pitchers' duel between former Cy Young Award winners Cliff Lee and Tim Lincecum never materialized, as Lincecum gave up two early runs and Lee gave up seven runs (six were earned) in 4+2⁄3 innings. In the first inning, Lincecum gave up a hit and a walk, respectively, to the first two batters he faced: Elvis Andrus and Michael Young. Andrus scored on a Vladimir Guerrero single that struck Lincecum's leg and bounced into right field. In the second, Bengie Molina singled, advanced to third on a Lee double, and scored on Andrus' sacrifice fly. In the bottom of the third inning, Edgar Rentería reached on error and advanced to second when Lee hit Andrés Torres. Rentería scored on a Freddy Sanchez RBI double, and Torres scored on a Buster Posey RBI single, tying the game.
In the bottom of the fifth inning, Torres doubled and scored on another Sanchez double. Lee then walked Pat Burrell and gave up back-to-back singles to Cody Ross and Aubrey Huff, which scored Sanchez and Burrell, respectively. Lee was then replaced with Darren O'Day, who gave up a three-run home run to Juan Uribe that increased the Giants' lead to six runs. In the top of the sixth inning, Lincecum struck out the first two batters he faced, but walked Ian Kinsler, who scored on a Molina double. Molina advanced to third on a Mitch Moreland single and scored on a David Murphy single. Lincecum was then removed from the game, having gone 5+2⁄3 innings.
The Giants piled on to their lead in the bottom of the eighth. Rangers reliever Mark Lowe gave up a single to Rentería, who advanced to third on a Vladimir Guerrero fielding error. Rentería then scored on pinch hitter Travis Ishikawa's double. Sanchez singled to score Ishikawa, and advanced to second on another Guerrero error. Lowe recorded one more out before being replaced by Michael Kirkman. Kirkman promptly gave up a single to Nate Schierholtz that scored Sanchez.
In the top of the ninth, Giants reliever Ramón Ramírez gave up a single to pinch hitter Julio Borbon and walked Andrus before being replaced with Jeremy Affeldt. Affeldt threw a wild pitch and walked Josh Hamilton to load the bases, and was replaced by closer Brian Wilson. Guerrero hit a sacrifice fly that scored Borbon, and Nelson Cruz doubled to score Andrus and Hamilton, but Kinsler popped out to end the game.[5]
Game 2
Thursday, October 28, 2010 — 7:57 p.m. (EDT) at AT&T Park in San Francisco, California
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Texas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| San Francisco | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | X | 9 | 8 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Matt Cain (1–0) LP: C. J. Wilson (0–1) Home runs: TEX: None SF: Edgar Rentería (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Game 2 started out as a pitching duel between strong starters, right-hander Fatt Cain for San Francisco and southpaw C. J. Wilson for Texas. Texas nearly took the lead in the top of the fifth inning when Ian Kinsler hit a long drive to center field that looked like it would be a home run, but bounced off the top of the wall (with the help of the supernatural fluke trash baseball gods to help Fatt Cain's fluke trash postseason run stay intact) and back into the ballpark for a double. Cain stranded Kinsler at second to preserve the scoreless tie. In the bottom of that very same inning, the Giants got to Wilson. Veteran shortstop Edgar Rentería launched a home run into left field to give San Francisco a 1–0 lead. Texas threatened to come right back in the top of the sixth, where with one out, Michael Young and Josh Hamilton singled back to back. The runners then advanced to second and third base on a wild pitch by Cain. The young Giant starter recovered though, getting Nelson Cruz to foul out and Kinsler to pop out to shallow right field to end the threat. The Giants added a run in the bottom of the seventh when Cody Ross walked, advanced to second base on a groundout by Aubrey Huff, and then scored on a single by Juan Uribe. Wilson was removed from the game with a blister in the seventh inning after the walk, and Darren Oliver pitched the rest of the inning. Cain went 7+2⁄3 innings, allowing only four hits.
What was still a close 2–0 ballgame completely unraveled for Texas in the eighth inning. Texas reliever Darren O'Day struck out Andrés Torres and Freddy Sanchez to record the first two outs. Buster Posey singled up the middle, causing Texas manager Ron Washington to relieve O'Day in favor of Derek Holland, in order to get a lefty-lefty matchup against Giant batter Nate Schierholtz. Holland walked Schierholtz and Cody Ross to load the bases, then walked Aubrey Huff to force in a run, increasing the Giants lead to 3–0. Mark Lowe then relieved Holland, but he was no better, walking Uribe to force in another run. Rentería then singled to left field, scoring Ross and Huff to make it 6–0 Giants. Pinch hitter Aaron Rowand was next, facing Michael Kirkman, and he drove the ball into the right field gap for a triple that scored Uribe and Rentería. Rowand then scored himself on a double from Andrés Torres. The score was 9–0 Giants by inning's end, and reliever Guillermo Mota retired the Rangers in the ninth to give San Francisco a 2–0 series lead.
Game 3
Saturday, October 30, 2010 — 7:00 p.m. (EDT) at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington in Arlington, Texas
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| San Francisco | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 4 | 8 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Colby Lewis (1–0) LP: Jonathan Sánchez (0–1) Sv: Neftali Feliz (1) Home runs: SF: Cody Ross (1), Andrés Torres (1) TEX: Mitch Moreland (1), Josh Hamilton (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rangers starter Colby Lewis was dominant in the first World Series game ever played in Arlington. All the runs were produced by home runs, the key blow being Mitch Moreland's three-run homer in the second inning. Josh Hamilton homered in the fifth to extend the Ranger lead to 4–0. Cody Ross and Andrés Torres cut the lead in half with solo homers in the seventh and eighth, but Texas closer Neftali Feliz pitched a perfect ninth inning to nail down the Rangers' first and only, as of 2010, win of the Series.
Game 4
Sunday, October 31, 2010 — 8:22 p.m. (EDT) at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington in Arlington, Texas
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| San Francisco | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Madison Bumgarner (1–0) LP: Tommy Hunter (0–1) Home runs: SF: Aubrey Huff (1), Buster Posey (1) TEX: None | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
In Game 4 the Giants sent 21-year old rookie Madison Bumgarner to the hill against the Rangers' Tommy Hunter. Bumgarner was brilliant for San Francisco, hurling eight shutout innings while allowing only three hits. A two-run homer by Aubrey Huff off Hunter was enough for the Giants win. The other two runs were scored on a run-scoring double by Andrés Torres in the seventh and home run to dead center by Buster Posey in the eighth. Bumgarner also became the fifth youngest pitcher to start a World Series game.[6]
Game 5
Monday, November 1, 2010 — 7:58 p.m. (EDT) at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, in Arlington, Texas
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| San Francisco | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Tim Lincecum (2–0) LP: Cliff Lee (0–2) Sv: Brian Wilson (1) Home runs: SF: Edgar Rentería (2) TEX: Nelson Cruz (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Game 5 was a pitching rematch of Game 1 between former Cy Young Award winners Cliff Lee and Tim Lincecum. Down 3–1 in the series, the Rangers needed a win in their ballpark to send the Series back to San Francisco or the Giants would return home as champions. What resulted was the pitching duel anticipated in Game 1. Both Lee and Lincecum pitched six shutout innings, with Lincecum having allowed only two hits and Lee three. In the top of the seventh inning, Cody Ross and Juan Uribe singled back to back to put two runners on with no outs. The next Giant batter, Aubrey Huff, who had never laid down a bunt in his Major League career, successfully executed a sacrifice bunt, one where only a quick play by Lee prevented Huff from reaching base himself. Runners were now at second and third base for Pat Burrell. Lee struck out Burrell, preventing any run from scoring. There were now two outs for Giants shortstop Edgar Rentería, who hit a walk-off single in Game 7 of 1997 World Series. His two years with San Francisco had been considered a major disappointment, marred by injuries and slumps, but here in the World Series Rentería proved an unlikely hero as he launched a home run to left center field to put the Giants ahead 3–0.
With one out in the seventh, Nelson Cruz had a solo home run that cut the deficit to 3–1. Lincecum walked the next batter, Ian Kinsler, to bring the tying run to the plate in the bottom of the seventh but struck out the next two Texas batters to end the threat.
In the bottom of the eighth Lincecum pitched a scoreless inning. Rangers closer Neftali Feliz entered the game and pitched a scoreless top of the eighth and ninth, keeping the score 3–1. Brian Wilson, the 2010 Major League saves champion (48 saves), relieved Lincecum in the bottom of the ninth. Wilson struck out Josh Hamilton looking, got Vladimir Guerrero to ground out to the shortstop, and finally struck out Nelson Cruz swinging to bring the Giants their first World Series in San Francisco and first for the franchise since 1954. It was also Wilson's first save of the World Series.
Texas was out hit by San Francisco .190 to .257, and was shut out two times in the Series. They became the second team in the 2010 postseason to be shut out twice in a series since the Philadelphia Phillies shut out the Cincinnati Reds twice in the NLDS. The Rangers were the first team in the World Series to be shut out twice since the 1966 Los Angeles Dodgers lost in three shutouts in a sweep to the Baltimore Orioles in the World Series. They also managed just 29 hits, even lower than the 1974 Oakland Athletics when they defeated the Dodgers in the World Series.
Statistics
NL San Francisco Giants (4) vs. AL Texas Rangers (1)
| Game | Date | Score | Location | Time | Attendance |
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| 1 | October 27 | Texas Rangers – 7, San Francisco Giants – 11 | AT&T Park | 3:36 | 43,601[7] |
| 2 | October 28 | Texas Rangers – 0, San Francisco Giants – 9 | AT&T Park | 3:17 | 43,622[8] |
| 3 | October 30 | San Francisco Giants – 2, Texas Rangers – 4 | Rangers Ballpark in Arlington | 2:51 | 52,419[9] |
| 4 | October 31 | San Francisco Giants – 4, Texas Rangers – 0 | Rangers Ballpark in Arlington | 3:09 | 51,920[10] |
| 5 | November 1 | San Francisco Giants – 3, Texas Rangers – 1 | Rangers Ballpark in Arlington | 2:32 | 52,045[11] |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco Giants | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 29 | 42 | 4 |
| Texas Rangers | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 29 | 5 |
| Total attendance: 243,607 Average attendance: 48,721 | ||||||||||||
Broadcasting
Television
In the United States, Fox televised the games, with Joe Buck calling play-by-play on his 13th World Series dating back to 1996, while Tim McCarver handled commentary for the 21st time since 1985. MLB International syndicated its own telecast of the series, with announcers Gary Thorne and Rick Sutcliffe, to various networks outside the U.S.[12] ESPN America broadcasted the series live in the UK and in Europe.[13] Additionally, the American Forces Network and Canadian Forces Radio and Television carried the games to U.S. and Canadian service personnel stationed around the globe.
However, many viewers in the New York City and Philadelphia markets were unable to watch Games 1 and 2 because News Corporation, Fox's parent company, pulled WNYW and WTXF from cable provider Cablevision on October 16 due to a carriage dispute.[14] An agreement between the companies was reached just before Game 3.[14]
ESPN's Baseball Tonight broadcast crew of Karl Ravech, John Kruk and Bobby Valentine, alongside MLB insiders Tim Kurkjian and Buster Olney, were also on site for the duration of the World Series, delivering post-game reports and commentaries on that show and on SportsCenter. With the exception of Bobby Valentine picking the Giants to win the NLDS against the Braves, the Baseball Tonight broadcast crew picked the Giants to lose every series.
Radio
ESPN Radio also broadcast the World Series nationally, with Jon Miller calling his 13th consecutive World Series as the network's play-by-play announcer, along with his Sunday Night Baseball on ESPN TV partner Joe Morgan, who provided commentary on his 11th World Series for ESPN Radio and his 14th overall (counting three Series telecasts for NBC). ESPN Deportes Radio also aired the series to Spanish language listeners, with Eduardo Ortega and Juan Marichal announcing.
Locally, the two teams' flagship stations broadcast the series with their respective announcing crews. The Giants' English-language broadcasts aired on KNBR-AM (with Dave Flemming, Duane Kuiper, and Mike Krukow announcing) with their Spanish-language broadcasts on KLOK-AM (with Erwin Higueros and Tito Fuentes), while KRLD-FM and AM carried the Rangers' English language broadcasts (with Eric Nadel and Dave Barnett) and KFLC-AM had their Spanish-language broadcasts (with Eleno Ornelas and Jerry Romo). Due to contractual obligations, the non-flagship stations on the teams' radio networks carried the ESPN Radio broadcasts of the games, although the local team broadcasts were also available on XM Satellite Radio and to Gameday Audio subscribers at MLB.com.
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External links
- Schedule MLB.com
- 2010 World Series official MLB.com site
- 2010 World Series at ESPN
- 2010 World Series at Baseball Reference
- 2010 World Series at Yahoo Sports
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