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1978 MLB Season Overview

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The 1978 Major League Baseball season saw the New York Yankees defeat the Los Angeles Dodgers to win their second consecutive World Series, and 22nd overall, in a rematch of the prior season's Fall Classic. The Yankees overcame clubhouse turmoil, a mid-season managerial change, and a 14-game mid-July deficit in the American League East en route to the championship. All four teams that made the playoffs in 1977 returned for this postseason; none of the four returned to the postseason...

The 1978 Major League Baseball season saw the New York Yankees defeat the Los Angeles Dodgers to win their second consecutive World Series, and 22nd overall, in a rematch of the prior season's Fall Classic. The Yankees overcame clubhouse turmoil, a mid-season managerial change, and a 14-game mid-July deficit in

1978 MLB Champions

New York Yankees

defeated Los Angeles Dodgers

Commissioner Bowie Kuhn

NL President Chub Feeney

AL President Lee MacPhail

Union Director Marvin Miller

1978 MLB Draft

Pick Player Team

1 Bob Horner 3B Braves

2 Lloyd Moseby 1B Blue Jays

3 Hubie Brooks P Mets

4 Mike Morgan P Athletics

5 Andy Hawkins P Padres

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Davan S. Mani says:

April 17, 2020 at 11:36 pm

what a year. the competitiveness of the ABL really brought the NBA out of its duldrums.

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