The New York Yankees and the Los Angeles Dodgers each won their League Championship Series and advanced to play each other in the World Series. The World Series took place between October 25-30, 2024. The first two games were played in Los Angeles and the final three games were played in New York.
The 2024 World Series seat tickets were estimated to cost around $1700, which is a big difference compared to the first World Series in 1903, when tickets were only $0.50. The reason that the price has gone up so much is because of the skill of all of the players and the stadiums being crazy big and very technical and modern.
In the first game of the World Series, in the top of the 10th inning, the score was tied. Freddie Freeman was up to bat, The pitch was fired, and Freddie Freeman hit a tie-breaking, game-ending grand slam to set the tone for the entire World Series. The whole stadium was cheering and the bucket of ice cold water got dumped on Freddie Freeman.
The World Series broke the record by game 2. 29.7 million people watched that game! The Dodgers won again. Their winning streak continued through game 3.
By game 4 of the Series, the Yankees finally secured a win, but their victory was short lived, as the Dodgers won again in game 5, sealing their fate as the 2024 World Series champions.
