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Monday 5 June 2023 Dublin: 13°C

# World Series

All time
# 7s Fever
There's an exciting sevens competition coming to Dublin this summer
UCD will welcome the likes of Brazil, China and Colombia in August.
# strike one
'First base is above the clothes, isn't it?' - Irish lads watch baseball for the first time
These four don’t seem too taken by the sport.
# thursday
We'll Leave It There So: Donal Óg's dickie bow, Roy's reality TV & all today's sport
Catch up on all of the biggest stories of the day including John Delaney’s mistakes and an injury blow for Joe Schmidt.
# Game one
The Irish bandwagoner's guide to the 2014 Baseball World Series
Who’s playing, which team should you support and what time are all the games on?
# Wave Goodbye
Derek Jeter gets groove on in final all-star game
The New York Yankees shortstop is playing in the final season of his brilliant 20-year career.
# Baseball
Red Sox end 95-year Fenway drought to win World Series
Game 6 saw John W Henry’s team beat the St Louis Cardinals 6-1 to earn a first victory at home since 1918.
# MLB
Red Sox close in on World Series with game five win
The Boston outfit had their pitcher to thank and both offences continue to struggle.
# MLB
Gomes comes from school of hard knocks as Boston tie World Series
The 2013 World Series is nicely poised after four games.
# tripping out
Chaos reigns as 'Trip-gate' costs Red Sox the World Series lead
Bizarrely, Allen Craig scored the winning run after he was tagged out at home-plate.
# giving it sox
Epic Grand Slam sends Red Sox into World Series showdown with St Louis
Shane Victorino’s homer sent the Sox Nation wild at Fenway Park with a four-run effort.
# World Series
In full: Here's how Ireland Women won the World 7s Plate on Sunday
Take 20 minutes to enjoy some more Irish rugby success.
# Champions
Tigers swept out of Baseball's World Series like rubbish
The San Francisco Giants are baseball’s world champions for the second time in three years.
# Baseball
World Series: Giants on the verge of title after blanking Tigers
Ryan Vogelsong, Tim Lincecum and Sergio Romo combined to deliver a shut-out for San Francisco.
# MLB
World Series: Giants half-way there as 'MadBum' dominates Tigers
If your name is Madison Bumgarner, you’d better hope that you pitch well.
# World Series
Rested Tigers face Giants in World Series showdown
Major League Baseball’s best-of-seven final features a Giants’ squad bidding for a second title in three seasons against a Tigers team longing to erase the memories of 2006.
# MLB
Primary colours: Barack Obama makes his prediction for the World Series
Hint: we’re talking about a White Sox fan speaking at a rally just outside Washington.
# preparations
London 2012: Morrison disappoints in Olympic warm-up
The athlete produced a below-par display in Hamburg earlier today.
# World Series
'World' Baseball Classic loses reigning champions Japan over money wrangle
We’ll be rooting for Cuba in 2013.
# fixed
8 sporting events that conspiracy theorists think were rigged
Was it the one-armed man? Or the second shooter on the grassy knoll. We weigh up the facts.
# Diving
World champion prepares for cliff diving series with jump into Lough Corrib - from a helicopter
The Red Bull series includes a stop at the Aran Island of Inis Mór in August.
# Remember when
WATCH: Colour footage of the 1939 World Series
We continue our retro theme tonight, with footage of the famous game between the Yankees and Reds.
# Boston Regal
Happy Birthday Fenway! Boston stadium celebrates 100 years as home to Red Sox
One of the most famous grounds in the baseball kingdom marks a century by hosting the New York Yankees
# Daydream believer
This is what the celebrations will look like if the Chicago Cubs ever win the World Series again
But that’s never going to happen, is it?
# RIP
Hall of Fame catcher Gary Carter dies at 57
‘The Kid’ hit a single for the Mets in the 1986 World Series which sparked one of the most improbable rallies in baseball.
# Historic
What a comeback! Cards clinch the World Series
The St. Louis Cardinals put the finishing touches to one of the unlikeliest of World Series victories by beating the Rangers 6-2 at Busch Stadium.
# Seven Up
The St Louis Cardinals won one of the greatest World Series games ever last night
America sat up and took notice last night as Game 6 caught the attention.
# Going Viral
The YouTube chart: because you've got to see the Taiwanese animation of Balotelli's life
If it’s Thursday – and I’m told it is – it must be time for the week’s best online clips.
# FAQ
A bluffer's guide to... the World Series
Baseball’s biggest game kicks off in St Louis, Missouri tonight. Here’s everything you need to know.
# tall tales
Fact or fiction: The 6 biggest myths about Moneyball
With the Brad Pitt-starring movie about to released, here’s some of the common false assumptions about the influential book that helped change the course of baseball history.
# Jack of All Trades
The Magnificent Seven: Codebreakers
NFL star Chad Ochocinco laced up a pair of football boots earlier this week as he lined out for the Sporting Kansas City reserves. We take a look at seven others who famously tried their hand at more than one sport.
# Swing batter batter
Take me out to the ballpark: how to follow baseball in Ireland
Andrew McGeady slowly explains America’s game and tells everything we need to know on Opening Day.
# World Series
The west's awake as Giants take title back to San Francisco
Giants seal historic win.
# Different Class
Five things we learned this weekend
One Irish star is spot-on in Russia, we’re one game closer to crowning new world champions in baseball and it’s all trick and no treat for Brett Favre.
# The Morning Score
The Morning Score: Thursday
Pep Guardiola gets ready to swap Las Ramblas for Coronation Street, it’s first blood to the Giants in the World Series and Paulie’s on the road to recovery.