The 2021 MLB postseason began with the Red Sox and Dodgers winning the AL and NL Wild Card Games, respectively. In the League Championship Series, the Astros defeated the Red Sox in six games for the AL pennant and the Braves vanquished the Dodgers in six games in the NL.

Yoshinobu Yamamoto of the Los Angeles Dodgers took home the 2025 World Series MVP trophy. Check out the all-time list of World Series MVP winners now.

LEESBURG, Ga. (WALB) - On this day in 2021, Leesburg native and professional baseball catcher Gerald Dempsey “Buster” Posey III announced his retirement. From the diamond to the front office, Posey made waves in Major League Baseball. The former San Francisco Giants catcher and three-time World Series champion led the team’s baseball operations.

For six straight years, a baseball player named Will Smith has appeared in the World Series — and for five of those years, he's been on the winning team.