World Series 2020: Things to know about the MLB Championship Series

The MLB World Series, which will pit the little market Rays against the force to be reckoned with Los Angeles Dodgers, who beat the Atlanta Braves in Game 7 of the National League Championship Series on Sunday night.

Before that the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Houston Astros on Saturday night to wrap up a bizarre American League Championship Series that was arranged at an unbiased site in San Diego.

Here’s what you need to know going into the MLB World Series.

When is the MLB World Series 2020?

The MLB World Series 2020 is scheduled to start Tuesday, with a potential Game 7 on Oct. 28. There are scheduled off-days after Games 2 and 5.

How can I watch the MLB World Series 2020?

Fox will broadcast the series. The whole schedule can be found below.

Where will the MLB World Series be played?

The Rays and the Dodgers will meet at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Tex. Similarly, as MLB accomplished for the National League Championship Series, it will permit 11,500 fans into the stadium for each game of the MLB World Series; 10,550 tickets are accessible for seating at Globe Life Field, and an extra 950 tickets accessible for suites.

Texas is in Phase 3 of its resuming, which takes into account outdoors venues to situate up to a 50 percent limit. The league has actualized rules for fans to participate in. Masks will be compulsory for all fans aside from when they are eating or drinking, and hand-sanitizing stations will be accessible around the ballpark. Tickets will be sold in units of four; those units, which can’t be broken separated for independent sale, will be distanced six feet separated.

Which teams are playing in the MLB World Series 2020?

The Tampa Bay Rays will confront the Los Angeles Dodgers in the MLB World Series 2020.

The Rays dominated Match 7 of the American League Championship Series on Saturday night to proceed onward to the MLB World Series. After clearing the Toronto Blue Jays in the first round and revitalizing to beat the opponent New York Yankees in the division series, the Rays beat the Houston Astros in the ALCS to win their first American League flag since 2008.

The Dodgers beat the Atlanta Braves in Game 7 of the National League Championship Series on Sunday night. The Dodgers were playing in their fourth NLCS in five years in the wake of clearing both the Milwaukee Brewers in the first round and the San Diego Padres in the division series. Los Angeles, which lost in the MLB World Series in both 2017 and 2018, is looking for its first World Series title since 1988.

What should we know about the teams?

The Rays have since quite a while ago known for their creativity and development with one of baseball’s lowest payrolls. Indeed, even with a rash of wounds running into October, and in any event, during extend in which their bats faltered, Tampa Bay’s pitching depth — “I have a whole damn stable of pitchers that throw 98 miles an hour,” Rays manager Kevin Cash said for the current year — helped carry the Rays to postseason series prevails upon the Toronto Blue Jays and New York Yankees and Houston Astros.

The Dodgers have one of baseball’s most remarkable lineups, arranged with all-stars and an MVP competitor in Mookie Betts. Dodgers President Andrew Friedman had once rebuilt the Rays into a perpetual champ as a youthful general manager in Tampa Bay; he has taken action accordingly in Los Angeles, which would need to experience his previous club to win its first MLB World Series in 32 years.

What are the new principles?

A few new principles presented in 2020 will stay during the postseason — including the widespread assigned hitter and the three-player least for pitchers.

In any case, the regular season decide that put a runner on second base to start every additional inning won’t be basically during the postseason.

Why is it called the World Series?

The first modern World Series occurred in 1903 out of a best-of-nine series between the Pittsburgh Pirates and Boston Americans. The name can be followed back even before that, to 1884, when the Providence Grays of the National League beat the New York Metropolitan Club of the American Association in what was initially called “The Championship of the United States.” The Grays were later celebrated as “World Champions” by a few papers, and scholastics guarantee that the title “World Series” later underscored the game’s worldwide significance and was set up as a showcasing strategy to attract fans to the ballparks.

Who has won the most World Series?

The New York Yankees have won 27 World Series titles, and have shown up in the Fall Classic a record 40 times. The St. Louis Cardinals are second record-breaking with 11 World Series championships.

MLB World Series schedule

Best-of-seven; Arlington, Tex., all times Eastern

• Oct. 20 – Game 1, Fox, 8:09 p.m.
• Oct. 21 – Game 2, Fox, 8:08 p.m.
• Oct. 23 – Game 3, Fox, 8:08 p.m.
• Oct. 24 – Game 4, Fox, 8:08 p.m.
• Oct. 25 – Game 5, Fox, 8:08 p.m. — if necessary
• Oct. 27 – Game 6, Fox 8:08 p.m. — if necessary
• Oct. 28 – Game 7, Fox, 8:09 p.m. — if necessary