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2021 American League Division Series
The 2021 American League Division Series were the two best-of-five-games series in Major League Baseball’s (MLB) 2021 postseason that determined the participating teams of the 2021 American League Championship Series. The three divisional winners, seeded first through third, and a fourth team—determined by the AL Wild Card Game—played in two series. These matchups were: * (1) Tampa Bay Rays ( AL East champions) vs. (4) Boston Red Sox (Wild Card Game winner): Red Sox win series 3–1. * (2) Houston Astros ( AL West champions) vs. (3) Chicago White Sox ( AL Central champions): Astros win series 3–1. The team with the better regular season record (higher seed) of each series hosted Games 1, 2, and (if necessary) 5, while the lower seeded team hosted Game 3 and (if necessary) 4. Following the series, the Red Sox and Astros met in the 2021 American League Championship Series, with the Astros winning the series, 4 games to 2. The Astros would go on to lose the 2021 World Ser ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
2021 Boston Red Sox Season
The 2021 Boston Red Sox season was the 121st season in the team's history, and their 110th season at Fenway Park. The team entered the offseason conducting a managerial search, after declining to bring back Ron Roenicke from the shortened 2020 season. On November 6, 2020, the team re-hired Alex Cora as manager; Cora had skippered the Red Sox in 2018 and 2019, then sat out 2020 serving a one-year suspension for his role in the Houston Astros sign stealing scandal in 2017. This was the Red Sox' first season since 2019 with fans at Fenway Park, with a limited capacity of approximately 4,500 to start the season due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The capacity was increased to approximately 9,400 for games after May 10. Fenway returned to full capacity starting May 29, with an announced attendance of 25,089 at that day's game. The first home sellout of the season was the June 25 game against the New York Yankees, with an announced attendance of 36,869. On June 4–6, the Red Sox s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Bob Costas
Robert Quinlan Costas (born March 22, 1952) is an American sportscaster who is known for his long tenure with NBC Sports, from 1980 through 2019. He has received 28 Emmy awards for his work and was the prime-time host of 12 Olympic Games from 1988 until 2016. He is currently employed by Warner Bros. Discovery, where he does commentary on CNN. He is also employed by MLB Network, where he makes special appearances and once hosted an interview show called ''Studio 42 with Bob Costas''. Early life and education Costas is the son of a Greek father, John George Costas, and an Irish mother, Jayne Costas (née Quinlan). He grew up in Commack, New York, and attended Commack High School South. He attended the S. I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University, but dropped out in 1974. Costas got his first radio experience as a freshman at WAER, a student run radio station. In the mid-1980s, he established the Robert Costas Scholarship at the Newhouse School, of wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Lance Barrett
Lance Cole Barrett (born October 3, 1984) is an American umpire in Major League Baseball (MLB). He wore number 94 but changed to 16 starting in the 2020 season. Barrett became a minor league umpire in 2003 and was hired to the MLB staff prior to the 2014 season. Biography Barrett went to Crowley High School in Crowley, Texas. He attended the Jim Evans Academy of Professional Umpiring immediately after high school. He entered the minor leagues in 2003 and made his MLB debut on October 1, 2010. Barrett's first career ejection came on April 16, 2012, when he threw out Chicago White Sox pitching coach Don Cooper. On March 29 and 30, 2013, he umpired two Spring Training games featuring the Texas Rangers and the San Diego Padres. Those were the first baseball games played at the Alamodome. He worked all 4 games on June 13–16, 2019, between the San Diego Padres and the Colorado Rockies in which both teams set a Major League Record for combined runs in a four-game series (92). The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Ron Kulpa
Ronald Clarence Kulpa (born October 5, 1968) is an American umpire (baseball), umpire in Major League Baseball. He wears uniform number 46. Umpiring career Kulpa's professional umpiring career began in 1992 and he advanced to the Pacific Coast League in 1998. Kulpa was one of the 22 umpires promoted in the wake of the Major League Umpires Association's mass-resignation strategy in July , and was named to the National League (baseball), National League staff for the remainder of the 1999 season. When the umpiring staffs from the two leagues merged for the season, Kulpa began working in both leagues. He has worked several MLB Special Events, including the Major League Baseball All-Star Game, All-Star Game (2001 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, 2001, 2015 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, 2015), Major League Baseball Wild Card Game, Wild Card (2020 American League Wild Card Series, 2020), Division Series (2001 American League Division Series, 2001, 2002 National League Divis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Brian Knight
Brian Michael Knight (born October 2, 1974) is an American professional baseball umpire. He has worked as a full-time Major League Baseball (MLB) umpire since 2011. He wears uniform number 91. Umpiring career From 2001 to 2010, Knight was a minor league umpire who substituted as needed in the major leagues. His minor league service included the Pioneer, Midwest, Florida State, Southern, and Pacific Coast Leagues. He umpired the Tokyo in 2006 World Baseball Classic. Knight umpired in the 2012 All-Star Game and the 2013 American League Wild Card Game, serving as the right field umpire under the tutelage of crew chief Gerry Davis on both occasions. Knight's first postseason game, the 2013 AL Wild Card, was played on his 39th birthday. @UmpireEjections/Twitter.com. Retrieved October 3, 2013 Knight has also ump ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Sam Holbrook
Samuel Woodford Holbrook (born July 7, 1965) is an American retired Major League Baseball umpire. He made his MLB debut in 1996 and was promoted to crew chief in 2017. Holbrook worked the World Series in 2010, 2016, and 2019. He retired following the 2022 season. Umpiring career Sam Holbrook began his umpiring career in the Appalachian League in 1990, followed by stints in the Midwest, Carolina, Texas, Eastern and International Leagues before making his Major League debut in June 1996. Holbrook worked the 1996 season in the American League, followed by three seasons in the National League. In 1999, he was one of 22 umpires whose resignations were accepted (in a failed union negotiating tactic), and was rehired in 2002, umpiring games in both Major Leagues since then. Holbrook has umpired in six Division Series (2005, 2007, 2010, 2013, 2019, 2021), four League Championship Series (2008, 2009, 2011, 2012), and three World Series (2010, 2016, 2019). He also officiated the 2004 M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Greg Gibson (umpire)
Gregory Allan Gibson (born October 2, 1968) is an American former Major League Baseball umpire who worked in the National League from 1997 to 1999 and throughout both major leagues from 2000 to 2022. He was promoted to crew chief for the 2022 season. Umpiring career Gibson has worked two Wild Card Games (2012, 2013), ten Division Series (2001, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2015, 2021), five National League Championship Series (2005, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2018), the 2011 World Series, and the 2008 All-Star Game. He has also officiated in two World Baseball Classics (2009, 2013). Gibson was the home plate umpire for Randy Johnson's perfect game on May 18, , as well as Tim Wakefield's 200th win. Before reaching the major leagues, he umpired in the Appalachian League (1991), Florida Instructional League (1991 and 1994), South Atlantic League (1992), Florida State League (1993), Eastern League (1994–1995) and International League (1996–1999). Controversy During t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Dan Bellino
Daniel Anthony Bellino (born October 10, 1978) is an American umpire in Major League Baseball. Education Bellino was a catcher for his high school, Loyola Academy in Wilmette, Illinois. He attended Northern Illinois University and managed the men's basketball team under Head Coach Brian Hammel. During his studies at the NIU College of Business, Dan was selected and attended a semester at Oxford University in England. He holds a J.D. from the University of Illinois Chicago, has an MBA from the Brennan School of Business, and has passed the Illinois bar exam. Umpiring career Bellino has umpired Major League Baseball games since the 2008 season. He was promoted to crew chief in 2023. On May 4, 2022 at LoanDepot Park, Bellino, umpiring first base, ejected Arizona Diamondbacks pitcher Madison Bumgarner from a game after the top of the first inning. Bellino stared down the pitcher and held his hand for an abnormally long time during a standard routine foreign substance check spot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Chris Burke (baseball)
Christopher Alan Burke (born March 11, 1980) is an American former Major League Baseball player, playing primarily for the Houston Astros, though he also played for the Arizona Diamondbacks and San Diego Padres. He is best remembered for hitting a series-ending walk-off home run in Game 4 of the 2005 National League Division Series. College Burke played baseball at St. Albert the Great Elementary School and St. Xavier High School (Louisville), St. Xavier High School in Louisville, Kentucky, and the Tennessee Volunteers baseball, University of Tennessee, where he was named to three All-America teams. In 1999, Burke was selected as a Freshman 2nd team All-American at second base. In 2000, in addition to being named a 3rd team All-American, he was named to the All-Southeastern Conference team at second base. In 2001, his junior year, Burke moved to shortstop and helped the Volunteers make an appearance in the College World Series by hitting .435 with 20 home runs and 49 stolen base ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Kevin Brown (sportscaster)
Kevin Noble Brown is an American journalist and sportscaster for the Baltimore Orioles. He is also a play-by-play commentator on several college sports with ESPN. Early life and career Brown graduated from the Newhouse School at Syracuse University in 2011 with a degree in broadcast journalism. From 2011 to 2017, he was the director of broadcasting and media relations for the Syracuse Chiefs, the Triple-A affiliate of the Washington Nationals. In 2017, he made his debut on the Washington Nationals' Radio Network. He has also announced high school and college football, hockey, and basketball for ESPN since 2016. Baltimore Orioles He began his radio role for the Baltimore Orioles in 2019, backing up Jim Hunter for approximately 50 games. He started calling the play-by-play in 2020, and became the primary television play-by-play announcer in 2022 The year began with another wave in the COVID-19 pandemic, with SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant, Omicron spreading rapidly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Xavier Scruggs
Xavier Ladel Scruggs (born September 23, 1987) is an American former professional baseball first baseman. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the St. Louis Cardinals and Miami Marlins, and in the KBO League for the NC Dinos. Professional career Early career Scruggs attended Poway High School in Poway, California. The Seattle Mariners selected Scruggs in the 50th round of the 2005 Major League Baseball draft, but did not sign and attended the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) to play college baseball for the UNLV Rebels. During his three years at UNLV he hit .328/.427/.652 with 34 home runs and 112 runs batted in (RBIs). St. Louis Cardinals After his junior year, the St. Louis Cardinals selected Scruggs in the 19th round of the 2008 draft. He signed with the Cardinals. Scruggs called up to the majors for the first time on September 4, 2014. He made his major league debut that day, but his major league action in 2014 was brief. He started the next season at Memph ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Dan Shulman
Daniel Shulman (born February 9, 1967) is a Canadian sportscaster with Sportsnet as well as the American network ESPN. Shulman serves as the play-by-play announcer and the moderator for the Toronto Blue Jays telecasts on Sportsnet. During 2018 and 2020, he hosted the baseball-themed podcast, ''Swing and a Belt with Dan Shulman.'' He also serves as the lead announcer for ESPN's men's college basketball coverage (teaming with Jay Bilas), and previously called regular-season and postseason Major League Baseball on ESPN and ESPN Radio. Previously, Shulman served as the play-by-play announcer for ESPN's '' Sunday Night Baseball'' (with Aaron Boone and Jessica Mendoza), a position he resigned from at the conclusion of the 2017 season. Education Born in Toronto, Ontario, Shulman graduated from the University of Western Ontario in actuarial science but moved into a career in sports broadcasting. Broadcasting career Early career Shulman began his broadcasting career at t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
