text:
2015 World Series
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jump to: navigation, search
For other uses, see 2015 World Series (disambiguation).
2015 World Series
Team (Wins)
Manager(s) Season
Kansas City Royals (4)
Ned Yost 95–67, .586, 12 GA
New York Mets (1)
Terry Collins 90–72, .556, 7 GA
Dates
October 27 – November 1
MVP
Salvador Pérez (Kansas City)
Umpires
Gary Cederstrom (crew chief),
Bill Welke (games 1–2), Mike Everitt (games 3–7), Mark Carlson, Mike Winters, Jim Wolf, Alfonso Márquez, Ron Kulpa (replay assistant)
ALCS
Kansas City Royals defeated Toronto Blue Jays, 4–2
NLCS
New York Mets defeated Chicago Cubs, 4–0
Broadcast
Television
Fox
TV announcers
Joe Buck (play-by-play)
Harold Reynolds and Tom Verducci (color analysts)
Ken Rosenthal and Erin Andrews (field reporters)[1]
Radio
ESPN
KCSP (for the Royals)
WOR (for the Mets)
Radio announcers
Dan Shulman and Aaron Boone (ESPN)
Denny Matthews, Ryan Lefebvre, and Steve Physioc (for the Royals)
Howie Rose and Josh Lewin (for the Mets)
World Series Program
← 2014 World Series 2016 →
The 2015 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 2015 season. The 111th edition of the World Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff between the National League (NL) champion New York Mets and the American League (AL) champion Kansas City Royals. The series was played between October 27 and November 1, with the Royals winning the series 4 games to 1. It was the first time since the 2010 World Series that the World Series extended into November.[2] The Royals became the first team since the Oakland Athletics in the 1989 World Series to win the World Series after losing in the previous year. It was the first World Series to feature only expansion teams and the first since the 2007 World Series to not feature the Philadelphia Phillies, St. Louis Cardinals, or San Francisco Giants as the NL champions.
The Royals had home field advantage for the first two games of the series because of the AL's 6–3 victory in the Major League Baseball All-Star Game. It was the 13th World Series in which home field advantage was awarded to the league that won the All-Star Game, a practice that was discontinued after the 2016 season. The series was played in a 2–3–2 format: the Royals hosted Games 1 and 2, and the Mets hosted Games 3, 4, and 5 (there was no Game 6 or 7, which the Royals would have hosted).
The Royals won Game 1 in extra innings, tying for the longest game in World Series history. The Royals also won Game 2 with a complete game by Johnny Cueto, who allowed only one unearned run and two hits. With the series shifting to New York, the Mets won Game 3 with home runs by David Wright and Curtis Granderson. The Royals came from behind to win Game 4 after an error by Daniel Murphy led to a blown save by Jeurys Familia. Game 5 also went into extra innings, where bench player Christian Colón drove in the go-ahead run for the Royals, who clinched the series. Salvador Pérez was named the World Series Most Valuable Player.
Contents
[hide]
1 Background
1.1 New York Mets
1.2 Kansas City Royals
1.3 Series preview
2 Summary
3 Game summaries
3.1 Game 1
3.2 Game 2
3.3 Game 3
3.4 Game 4
3.5 Game 5
3.6 Composite line score
4 Broadcasting
4.1 Television
4.1.1 Ratings
4.2 Radio
5 Historical notes
5.1 Popular culture
6 See also
7 References
8 External links
Background[edit]
New York Mets[edit]
Main article: 2015 New York Mets season
The Mets made their fifth appearance in the World Series after sweeping the Cubs 4–0 in the 2015 National League Championship Series (NLCS).[3] They had split their four previous appearances, winning the 1969 World Series against the Baltimore Orioles and the 1986 World Series against the Boston Red Sox, while losing the 1973 World Series against the Oakland Athletics and the 2000 World Series against the New York Yankees, their cross-town rivals.[4]
The Mets qualified for the postseason by winning the National League (NL) East, their sixth division title.[5] They faced the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 2015 NL Division Series, winning in five games. In the 2015 NLCS, Daniel Murphy led the team by hitting home runs in each game of the four-game sweep of the Chicago Cubs.[6] By winning the NLCS, the Mets ensured that they have the most World Series appearances by an expansion franchise with five. In addition, the Mets have made World Series appearances in all but one of their six decades of existence, not appearing in any that were played during the 1990s.[7] This was the first World Series appearance for Mets' manager Terry Collins.[8][9]
Kansas City Royals[edit]
Main article: 2015 Kansas City Royals season
The Royals made their second consecutive appearance in the World Series, both under Ned Yost, and fourth overall. They won the 1985 World Series against the St. Louis Cardinals, and lost their two other appearances, the 1980 World Series against the Philadelphia Phillies and the 2014 World Series against the San Francisco Giants.[10] The Royals qualified for the postseason by winning the American League (AL) Central, their seventh division title and their first since winning the AL West in 1985.[11] They faced the Houston Astros in the 2015 American League Division Series, winning in five games. They followed that up in the 2015 American League Championship Series, beating the Toronto Blue Jays in six games.[12]
By winning the ALCS, the Royals became the first team to play in consecutive World Series since the Texas Rangers played in the 2010 World Series and 2011 World Series.[13]
Series preview[edit]
The series began on October 27.[14] As the AL won the 2015 All-Star Game, the Royals had home field advantage for the series.[15]
The Mets and Royals had not played since 2013. Though the Mets boasted four starting pitchers who could throw over 95 miles per hour (153 km/h) in Matt Harvey, Noah Syndergaard, Jacob deGrom and Steven Matz, the Royals had the best team batting average against pitches over that speed during the 2015 season. While the Mets starting pitchers had the best strikeout-to-walk ratio in the majors, the Royals, consisting of strong contact hitters, led baseball in contact rate. The Royals also had a superior defensive team, finishing second in the majors in Defensive Runs Saved, while the Mets finished 21st.[16] The Royals bullpen, anchored by Wade Davis and Kelvin Herrera, also provided a strength.[17] While the Mets hitters performed better against left-handed pitchers than right-handed pitchers, the Royals four starting pitchers, Johnny Cueto, Edinson Vólquez, Yordano Ventura, and Chris Young, and primary relievers, Davis, Herrera, Ryan Madson, and Luke Hochevar, are right-handed.[18] This was also the first time the World Series was played by teams which both entered the league as expansion teams. The Mets joined the National League in 1962, and the Royals joined the American League in 1969.
Summary[edit]
Kansas City won the series, 4–1.
Game
Date
Score
Location
Time
Attendance
1 October 27 New York Mets – 4, Kansas City Royals – 5 (14) Kauffman Stadium 5:09 40,320[19]
2 October 28 New York Mets – 1, Kansas City Royals – 7 Kauffman Stadium 2:54 40,410[20]
3 October 30 Kansas City Royals – 3, New York Mets – 9 Citi Field 3:22 44,781[21]
4 October 31 Kansas City Royals – 5, New York Mets – 3 Citi Field 3:29 44,815[22]
5 November 1 Kansas City Royals – 7, New York Mets – 2 (12) Citi Field 4:15 44,859[23]
Game summaries[edit]
Game 1[edit]
Tuesday, October 27, 2015 7:09 pm (CDT) at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
R
H
E
New York 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 11 1
Kansas City 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 5 11 1
WP: Chris Young (1–0) LP: Bartolo Colón (0–1)
Home runs:
NYM: Curtis Granderson (1)
KC: Alcides Escobar (1), Alex Gordon (1)
Attendance: 40,320
More than 100 service members from Whiteman Air Force Base participated in the flag ceremony that took place before the game
The ceremonial first pitch was thrown out by George Brett.[24] Matt Harvey started Game 1 for the Mets, while Edinson Vólquez started for the Royals.[25] Vólquez's father had died earlier in the day.[26] He was not aware of his father's death until after he left the game.[27]
On the first pitch thrown by Harvey, Alcides Escobar hit an inside-the-park home run, the first in a World Series game since Mule Haas in the 1929 World Series,[28][29] and the first hit by a leadoff batter since Patsy Dougherty did it for the Boston Americans in the 1903 World Series.[30] In the fourth inning, Murphy recorded the Mets' first hit, and later scored their first run on a hit by Travis d'Arnaud.[31] Curtis Granderson hit a home run in the fifth inning to give the Mets a 2–1 lead.[32] The Mets took a 3–1 lead in the top of the sixth when Michael Conforto drove in Yoenis Céspedes with a sacrifice fly. Mike Moustakas then saved a run with a diving stop and throw out to first to end the top of the sixth.[33] Eric Hosmer reduced the lead to 3–2 with a sacrifice fly, and set a new Royals' postseason run batted in (RBI) record in the process.[34][35] A single by Moustakas tied the game at three, but in the top of the eighth, Wilmer Flores reached on an fielding error by Hosmer, allowing Juan Lagares to score the go-ahead run and give the Mets a 4–3 lead. In the bottom of the ninth with the Mets 2 outs away from taking Game 1, Alex Gordon tied the game for the Royals with a home run to deep center field, as Jeurys Familia blew his first save in six postseason opportunities and his first since July 30.[36][37][38] With the home run, Gordon became the first player since Scott Brosius in the 2001 World Series, and just the fifth player in history, to tie a World Series game on a home run in the ninth inning.[39]
In the bottom of the 11th inning, Granderson robbed the speedy Jarrod Dyson of a multi-base hit with a running, leaping catch that prevented what probably would have been a lead-off triple. The Mets went on to get out of the inning.[40] In the bottom of the 14th, Escobar reached first on a throwing error by David Wright, and Bartolo Colón gave up a base hit to Ben Zobrist, allowing Escobar to reach third. Hosmer hit a sacrifice fly to Granderson in right field to drive in the winning run. This was the first time in World Series history that the same player scored both the first run of the game on the first pitch, and the last run of the game on the final pitch. The game ended at 12:18 AM CDT, lasting five hours and nine minutes.[41] The game tied the record for the longest game by innings in World Series history, shared with Game 2 in the 1916 World Series and Game 3 in the 2005 World Series.[42] The loss made Colón the oldest player ever to lose a World Series game.[43]
Game 2[edit]
Johnny Cueto was the winning pitcher in Game 2, pitching a complete game
Wednesday, October 28, 2015 7:09 pm (CDT) at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
R
H
E
New York 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1
Kansas City 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 3 x 7 10 0
WP: Johnny Cueto (1–0) LP: Jacob deGrom (0–1)
Attendance: 40,410
In Game 2, Jacob deGrom started for the Mets, and Johnny Cueto started for the Royals.[44] The ceremonial first pitch was thrown out by Medal of Honor recipients Don Ballard, Charles Hagemeister, and Roger Donlon.[45] Cueto walked Curtis Granderson to lead off the fourth and Daniel Murphy one out later. Yoenis Céspedes's hit into a forceout at second before Lucas Duda's RBI single put the Mets up 1-0. Duda hit the Mets' only other hit in the game in the second and Cueto retired them in order through the ninth.
In the fifth inning, deGrom allowed a leadoff walk to Alex Gordon and subsequent single to Alex Rios before Alcides Escobar's RBI single tied the game. Ben Zobrist's groundout moved the runners up and after Lorenzo Cain lined out to center, Eric Hosmer's two-run single put the Royals up 3-1. Kendrys Morales's single moved Hosmer to third and Mike Moustakas's single made it 4-1 Royals.
The Royals blew the game open in the eighth off of Jon Niese, who allowed a leadoff single to Moustakas, subsequent single to Salvador Pérez, and RBI double to Gordon. Addison Reed relieved Niese and allowed a sacrifice fly to Paulo Orlando and RBI triple to Escobar to make it 7-1 Kansas City. [46]
Cueto walked Murphy with two outs in the ninth before getting Cespedes to fly out to right to finish the complete game, becoming the first AL pitcher to accomplish this feat in the World Series since Jack Morris in Game 7 of the 1991 World Series, as the Royals defeated the Mets and took a two games to zero lead in the series.[47][48] Cueto became the first AL pitcher since Jim Lonborg in the 1967 World Series to throw a World Series complete game while allowing two hits or fewer.[49]
Game 3[edit]
Billy Joel singing the National Anthem before Game 3
Friday, October 30, 2015 8:07 pm (EDT) at Citi Field in Queens, New York
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
R
H
E
Kansas City 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 7 0
New York 2 0 2 1 0 4 0 0 x 9 12 0
WP: Noah Syndergaard (1–0) LP: Yordano Ventura (0–1)
Home runs:
KC: None
NYM: David Wright (1), Curtis Granderson (2)
Attendance: 44,781
The series shifted to Citi Field, the home stadium of the Mets, for Game 3. Yordano Ventura started for the Royals and Noah Syndergaard started for the Mets.[50] The ceremonial first pitch was thrown by Mike Piazza to catcher Kevin Plawecki.[51] With no designated hitter (DH) in NL parks, the Mets started Michael Conforto, their DH for Game 2, in the outfield instead of Juan Lagares, and the Royals did not start Kendrys Morales, their regular DH.[52]
Zobrist scored the Royals' first run in the first inning on a force play. In the bottom of the first inning, Wright hit a two-run home run that also scored Granderson. For the Royals, Alex Ríos drove Salvador Pérez home in the second inning, and scored on a passed ball by d'Arnaud, giving the Royals a 3–2 lead.[53] After a Syndergaard single, Granderson hit a two-run home run just over the right field wall in the third inning, and the Mets took a 4–3 lead. The Mets added a run in the fourth inning on an RBI single by Conforto, and four more in the sixth inning, including an RBI single by Juan Uribe, in his first at bat since September 20.[54] The Royals made a few uncharacteristic mistakes in this game, the first coming in the fourth inning when pitcher Yordano Ventura forgot to cover the base on a ground ball to the first baseman, and the second in the sixth inning when Royals pitcher Franklin Morales triple-clutched Granderson's ground ball, allowing all runners to be safe, which led to a 2-run single by Wright.[55]
In the fifth inning, Royals player Raúl A. Mondesí made his Major League Baseball debut, pinch hitting for Danny Duffy. Mondesí became the first player ever to make his MLB debut in the World Series.[56]
Game 4[edit]
Ben Zobrist hit his eighth double of the postseason, tying a postseason record previously set by Albert Pujols and David Freese of the 2011 St. Louis Cardinals.[57]
Saturday, October 31, 2015 8:09 pm (EDT) at Citi Field in Queens, New York
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
R
H
E
Kansas City 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 0 5 9 0
New York 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 5 2
WP: Ryan Madson (1–0) LP: Tyler Clippard (0–1) Sv: Wade Davis (1)
Home runs:
KC: None
NYM: Michael Conforto 2 (2)
Attendance: 44,815
The ceremonial first pitch was thrown out by country singer Tim McGraw, son of the late Mets relief pitcher Tug McGraw.[58] The starting pitchers for Game 4 were Chris Young of the Royals and Steven Matz of the Mets.[59] Conforto scored the game's first run with a home run in the third inning, and Flores scored later in the inning on a Granderson sacrifice fly, where right-fielder Ríos didn't make an immediate throw home thinking that was the third out, even though it was just the second out of the inning. [60] The Royals cut the deficit to 2–1 in the top of the fifth when Pérez doubled and was then driven in by Gordon.[61] However, in the bottom of the fifth, Conforto hit another home run, becoming the first rookie to hit two home runs in a World Series game since Andruw Jones in the 1996 World Series.[62] In the sixth inning, Zobrist hit his eighth double of the postseason, tying a postseason record previously set by Albert Pujols and David Freese of the 2011 St. Louis Cardinals.[57] Lorenzo Cain drove in Zobrist in to make it a 3–2 game.[61]
In the eighth inning, after recording the first out, Tyler Clippard walked two consecutive batters to force Terry Collins to bring in Familia. A key fielding error by Daniel Murphy allowed the tying run to score. The Royals took the lead on an RBI single from Moustakas, and then Pérez added an insurance run with another RBI base hit to give Kansas City the 5–3 lead. For Familia, it was his second blown save of the series, and second out of seven opportunities this postseason, though this one could be partly attributed to Murphy's error. Wade Davis converted a two-inning save for the Royals, his fourth overall this postseason.[63] Davis pitched a perfect eighth, but got into some trouble with one out in the ninth when Murphy hit a hard grounder that Moustakas couldn't field cleanly, and then Céspedes got a base hit to bring the winning run to the plate in Duda. However, Duda hit a soft line drive that was caught by Moustakas, who then doubled off Céspedes at first base to end the game. Céspedes had started running thinking that the ball would hit the ground.[64]
Game 5[edit]
Eric Hosmer scored the tying run in the top of the ninth inning.
Wade Davis throwing the last pitch of the 2015 World Series.
Sunday, November 1, 2015 8:15 pm (EST) at Citi Field in Queens, New York
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
R
H
E
Kansas City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 5 7 10 1
New York 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 2
WP: Luke Hochevar (1–0) LP: Addison Reed (0–1)
Home runs:
KC: None
NYM: Curtis Granderson (3)
Attendance: 44,859
Vólquez returned to the Dominican Republic for his father's funeral the day after Game 1, but returned to the Royals in time to start Game 5.[65][66] Harvey started for the Mets.[67] Tony Bennett performed "America the Beautiful", and the first pitch was thrown by Cleon Jones, Mookie Wilson, and Darryl Strawberry.[68]
Granderson led off the first inning with a home run for the Mets,[69] and scored the Mets' second run in the sixth inning. The Mets had a chance to break the game open in that sixth inning as they loaded the bases with no outs, but had to settle for one run after Céspedes lined a foul ball off his leg and was injured, leaving the game after popping up for the first out of the inning. Duda hit a sacrifice fly before d'Arnaud grounded out to end the inning. Harvey pitched eight shutout innings for the Mets, and convinced Collins to keep him in the game for the ninth. He then gave up a leadoff walk to Cain in the ninth inning, and the Royals got a run when Hosmer drove Cain in with a double, prompting Collins to call upon Familia to relieve Harvey. After a groundout by Moustakas advanced Hosmer to third base with one out, Pérez hit a ground ball to third baseman Wright, who after checking Hosmer at third, threw to first base for the second out; however, Hosmer broke for home as soon as the ball was thrown, and Duda, who fielded the out at first, threw wide at home attempting to throw Hosmer out, and the latter scored the tying run, resulting in Familia blowing his third save of the postseason and the series; his eight save opportunities tied the postseason record set in 2002 by Robb Nen.[70]
In the top of the 12th inning, with Addison Reed pitching for the Mets, Pérez hit a single for the Royals. Pinch running for Pérez, Dyson stole a base and scored on a single by pinch hitter Christian Colón.[71] Colón scored on a hit by Escobar. The Royals loaded the bases, and Cain drove home three more runs with a double off of Bartolo Colón. Davis pitched a shutout inning for the Royals to complete the series and win the championship.[72][73] Flores struck out looking to end the game, series, baseball season, with the Royals winning and ending their 30-year World Series title drought.[74]
Pérez, who batted 8-for-22 (.364) in the series, and caught every inning for the Royals with the exception of the final inning of the series, won the World Series Most Valuable Player Award. He became the first catcher to win the award since Pat Borders won it in the 1992 World Series, and the second Venezuelan player, following Pablo Sandoval, who won it in the 2012 World Series.[75]
Composite line score[edit]
Salvador Pérez was named the Most Valuable Player of the series.
2015 World Series (4–1): Kansas City Royals beat New York Mets.
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
R
H
E
Kansas City Royals 2 2 0 0 5 3 0 6 3 0 0 5 0 1 27 47 2
New York Mets 3 0 4 3 2 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 34 6
Home runs:
KC: Alcides Escobar (1), Alex Gordon (1)
NYM: Curtis Granderson (3), David Wright (1), Michael Conforto (2)
Total attendance: 215,185 Average attendance: 43,037
Winning player's share: $370,069.03. Losing player's share: $300,757.78.
Broadcasting[edit]
Television[edit]
Joe Buck, play-by-play announcer
Fox broadcast the series in the United States, with play-by-play announcer Joe Buck calling the action along with color analysts Harold Reynolds and Tom Verducci and field reporters Ken Rosenthal and Erin Andrews. The pregame and postgame show featured host Kevin Burkhardt with analysts Frank Thomas, Raul Ibanez, Pete Rose, and Alex Rodriguez. Fox Deportes offered a Spanish telecast of the series in the United States. The MLB International feed featured Matt Vasgersian and John Smoltz with play-by-play and analysis, respectively.[76]
Fox suffered an outage during their broadcast of Game 1, resulting in a loss of coverage for 15 minutes, followed by a 5-minute delay in-game while officials addressed the availability of video review due to the loss of Fox's feed; the teams agreed to allow the use of footage from the world feed of the game for video review. Fox temporarily switched to the MLB International feed of the game with Vasgersian and Smoltz to restore coverage. The video from the feed was then accompanied by Fox's commentators before the full Fox production was restored.[77]
The World Series started on a Tuesday for the second straight year, instead of a Wednesday as in the past. The practice was to avoid games on Thursday and Monday nights, generally big days of television viewing, where Fox's telecast would face stiff competition from Thursday Night Football, ESPN College Football Thursday Primetime, various popular primetime entertainment shows, and Monday Night Football.[78]
Ratings[edit]
Further information: World Series television ratings
Game 1 of the World Series averaged a 4.6 rating on Fox, making it the most watched Game 1 since the 2010 World Series.[79] Game 2 then had a 3.9 rating, up 24 percent from last season's Game 2.[80] The series also recorded the most watched Game 3 since 2009.[81]
Game 5 went head-to-head with an NBC Sunday Night Football game between the Green Bay Packers and Denver Broncos, both of which were previously unbeaten. Media sources like Sporting News predicted that this heavy competition would result in series-low ratings.[82] While the football game drew the larger audience, the Royals and Mets did average a 10.0 rating, the highest for a World Series Game 5 since 2003.[83]
Game
Ratings
(households)
Share
(households)
U.S. audience
(in millions)
Ref
1
9.0 17 14.94 [84]
2
8.3 12 13.72 [85]
3
9.07 15 13.20 [86]
4
9.29 11 13.58 [87]
5
11.66 13 17.20 [88]
Radio[edit]
ESPN Radio aired the series, with Dan Shulman on play-by-play, Aaron Boone handling color commentary, and Buster Olney serving as field reporter. Tampa Bay Rays pitcher Chris Archer served as a guest commentator for selected innings in Games 1, 2 and 5. Marc Kestecher anchored pre-game and post-game coverage for the network along with Chris Singleton and Peter Pascarelli.[89]
Locally, the series was broadcast on the teams' flagship radio stations with their respective announcing crews. In New York, WOR aired the games in English, with Howie Rose and Josh Lewin announcing, while WEPN-AM aired the games in Spanish, with Juan Alicea and Max Pérez Jiménez announcing. In Kansas City, KCSP broadcast the games, with Denny Matthews, Ryan Lefebvre, Steve Stewart, and Steve Physioc announcing.[90] WEPN-FM and WHB, the ESPN Radio affiliates in New York and Kansas City respectively, aired the network's coverage of the series in those cities.[91][92]
Historical notes[edit]
This was the first World Series in which both teams were expansion teams, which are teams that were formed after the 1960 season; the Mets began play in 1962, while the Royals began play in 1969.[93][94] Additionally, they have been the most successful expansion teams in the major leagues: the Mets and Royals were the first expansion teams in their respective leagues to not only win a league championship pennant (1969 for the Mets and 1980 for the Royals) but the World Series as well (the Mets in 1969 and the Royals in 1985); with five and four pennants respectively, they are the only expansion franchises with more than two league titles. Each team was also seeking to end a championship drought; the Royals' previous championship was in 1985, with the Mets' last title coming one year later in 1986.[95] The Mets and Royals met on Opening Day of the 2016 season, on April 3, 2016, for a Sunday night game in Kansas City.[96] Additionally, the Royals became the first team in World Series history to start three pitchers - Yordano Ventura, Edison Volquez, and Johnny Cueto - born outside the United States. [97]
Popular culture[edit]
In the 1989 film Back to the Future Part II, the Chicago Cubs are depicted as the 2015 World Series champions, defeating a fictional American League team from Miami (the Miami Marlins had not yet been formed), whose mascot is an alligator.[98] Screenwriter Bob Gale, who co-wrote the script of Back to the Future Part II, originally intended it as a joke, saying "Being a baseball fan, I thought, 'OK, let's come up with one of the most unlikely scenarios we can think of'", referencing both the Cubs' long championship drought, and the fact that Florida did not have a baseball team in 1989. He also explained the October 21 prediction was based on the postseason structure at the time, and thus could have been accurate had MLB not added the Division Series in 1994 (but not played until 1995 due to the strike) and the Wild Card Game in 2012.[99] Had the predicted schedule held, Chicago would have swept the Miami team in the World Series with the Series starting October 17th. In the actual 2015 postseason, the Cubs advanced to the National League Championship Series, but were eliminated in four games. Coincidentally, the final game of the NLCS took place on October 21, the same date as the fictional events of Back to the Future Part II. While the film's prediction proved to be incorrect, the Cubs did win the following year's World Series, marking an end to the team's 108-year championship drought.
See also[edit]
2015 Japan Series
2015 Korean Series
References[edit]
Jump up ^ Stephen, Eric. "Mets vs. Royals 2015 World Series schedule, game times and more". sbnation.com. Vox Media, Inc. Retrieved October 24, 2015.
Jump up ^ Jaffe, Jay (September 8, 2014). "MLB announces 2015 schedule with April start, October finish". Sports Illustrated. New York City: Time Inc. Retrieved May 23, 2015.
Jump up ^ Kepner, Tyler (October 21, 2015). "Mets, Team of Big Shoulders, Sweep Cubs to Reach World Series". The New York Times. Chicago: The New York Times Company. Retrieved October 28, 2015.
Jump up ^ "Video: A look back at some memorable moments in Mets World Series history". WABC-TV. New York City: ABC Inc. October 24, 2015. Retrieved October 28, 2015.
Jump up ^ "Mets celebrate NL East championship". Newsday. New York City: Cablevision. September 27, 2015. Retrieved October 28, 2015.
Jump up ^ Rubin, Adam (October 22, 2015). "Mets headed to World Series after sweeping Cubs with 8–3 win". ESPN.com. Chicago: ESPN Internet Ventures. Retrieved October 28, 2015.
Jump up ^ Cassavell, AJ (October 26, 2015). "DYK: Top facts about Mets-Royals matchup". mlb.com. MLB Advanced Media, LP. Retrieved October 28, 2015.
Jump up ^ Nightengale, Bob (October 26, 2015). "Mets manager Terry Collins, a baseball lifer, gets his shot at World Series". USA Today. Kansas City, Missouri: Gannett Satellite Information Network, Inc. Retrieved October 28, 2015.
Jump up ^ "2015 New York Mets". Baseball Reference. October 28, 2015. Retrieved October 28, 2015.
Jump up ^ "Royals Postseason Results". MLB.com. Retrieved February 11, 2016.
Jump up ^ Stephen, Eric (September 25, 2015). "Royals are first MLB team to clinch division in 2015". SB Nation. Retrieved February 11, 2016.
Jump up ^ "2015 Kansas City Royals". Baseball Reference. October 28, 2015. Retrieved October 28, 2015.
Jump up ^ Nightengale, Bob (October 27, 2015). "Heartbreak of 2014 has shaped Kansas City Royals' 2015 World Series run". USA Today. Kansas City, Missouri: Gannett Satellite Information Network, Inc. Retrieved October 28, 2015.
Jump up ^ Newman, Mark (September 24, 2015). "2015 Postseason Schedule". MLB.com. Major League Baseball Advanced Media, LP. Retrieved October 1, 2015.
Jump up ^ "Mike Trout goes deep right off the bat to carry American League to win". ESPN. July 15, 2015. Retrieved July 15, 2015.
Jump up ^ "World Series preview: Making cases for the Mets and Royals". USA Today. October 26, 2015. Retrieved March 31, 2016.
Jump up ^ Vorkunov, Mike (October 27, 2015). "World Series 2015: The definitive Mets-Kansas City Royals preview". NJ.com. NJ Advance Media. Retrieved March 31, 2016.
Jump up ^ "2015 World Series: 13 things to know about Mets-Royals matchup". CBS Sports. October 26, 2015. Retrieved March 31, 2016.
Jump up ^ "Boxscore: New York vs. Kansas City, Game 1". MLB.com. October 24, 2015. Retrieved October 24, 2015.
Jump up ^ "Boxscore: New York vs. Kansas City, Game 2". MLB.com. October 24, 2015. Retrieved October 24, 2015.
Jump up ^ "Boxscore: Kansas City vs. New York, Game 3". MLB.com. October 24, 2015. Retrieved October 24, 2015.
Jump up ^ "Boxscore: Kansas City vs. New York, Game 4". MLB.com. October 24, 2015. Retrieved October 24, 2015.
Jump up ^ "Boxscore: Kansas City vs. New York, Game 5". MLB.com. October 24, 2015. Retrieved October 24, 2015.
Jump up ^ SI Wire. "World Series Game 1: George Brett to throw out first pitch". SI.com. Retrieved October 31, 2015.
Jump up ^ Normandin, Marc. "It's Matt Harvey vs. Edinson Volquez in World Series Game 1". SBNation.com. Vox Media. Retrieved October 28, 2015.
Jump up ^ Snyder, Matt (October 27, 2015). "Edinson Volquez's father dies on day of World Series Game 1". cbssports.com. Kansas City, Missouri: CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on October 28, 2015. Retrieved October 28, 2015.
Jump up ^ Gonzalez, Alden (October 28, 2015). "Volquez learns of father's death after start". MLB.com. Kansas City, Missouri: Major League Baseball Advanced Media, LP. Retrieved October 28, 2015.
Jump up ^ Gonzalez, Alden (October 28, 2015). "Escobar's inside-the-park HR one for the ages". mlb.com. Kansas City, Missouri: MLB Advanced Media, LP. Retrieved October 28, 2015.
Jump up ^ Snyder, Matt (October 28, 2015). "Alcides Escobar hits 1st World Series inside-the-park HR since 1929". cbssports.com. Kansas City, Missouri: CBS Interactive. Retrieved October 27, 2015.
Jump up ^ Berg, Ted (October 27, 2015). "Alcides Escobar hits leadoff inside-the-park home run in World Series Game 1". USA Today. Kansas City, Missouri: Gannett Satellite Information Network, Inc. Retrieved October 28, 2015.
Jump up ^ Bloom, Barry (October 28, 2015). "No HR, but Murphy has 10-game hit streak". mlb.com. Kansas City, Missouri: MLB Advanced Media, LP. Retrieved October 28, 2015.
Jump up ^ Hoch, Bryan (October 28, 2015). "Granderson goes deep, robs hit in Series return". mlb.com. Kansas City, Missouri: MLB Advanced Media, LP. Retrieved October 28, 2015.
Jump up ^ "2015 World Series Collector's Edition: 8 Disc-Collection". Major League Baseball. Official MLB DVD. 2015.
Jump up ^ Flanagan, Jeffrey (October 28, 2015). "Hosmer gets redemption with walk-off RBI". mlb.com. Kansas City, Missouri: MLB Advanced Media, LP. Retrieved October 28, 2015.
Jump up ^ "World Series 2015: Mets 4–5 Royals — as it happened". The Guardian. Guardian News and Media. October 28, 2015. Retrieved October 28, 2015.
Jump up ^ 2015 World Series Collector's Edition Sleevestats. United States of America: Major League Baseball. 2015. p. 1.
Jump up ^ Hagen, Paul (October 28, 2015). "Gordon's heroics rewrite Game 1 ending". mlb.com. Kansas City, Missouri: MLB Advanced Media, LP. Retrieved October 28, 2015.
Jump up ^ Crasnick, Jerry (October 28, 2015). "Eric Hosmer's sac fly in 14th gives Royals dramatic Game 1 win". ESPN.com. Kansas City, Missouri: ESPN Internet Ventures. Retrieved October 28, 2015.
Jump up ^ Official MLB Collector's Edition 2015 World Series Champions Kansas City Royals. United States of America: Fenn/McClelland & Stewart. 2015. p. 66.
Jump up ^ "2015 World Series Collector's Edition". Major League Baseball, Inc. Official MLB DVD.
Jump up ^ Burke, Matt (October 28, 2015). "Mets fall to Royals in a 14-inning Game 1 World Series classic". Metro.us. Retrieved October 28, 2015.
Jump up ^ McCalvy, Adam (October 27, 2015). "Fall Classic opener longest Game 1 in WS history". Major League Baseball Advanced Media, LP. Retrieved October 28, 2015.
Jump up ^ Verducci, Tom. "Life and death provided backdrop for wild, historic World Series opener". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved November 1, 2015.
Jump up ^ Schoenfield, David (October 28, 2015). "Game 2 pitching preview: Jacob deGrom versus Johnny Cueto". ESPN.com. Retrieved October 28, 2015.
Jump up ^ "World Series national anthems and first pitches". Newsday. Retrieved 2016-10-21.
Jump up ^ "Royals go up 2–0 on Mets in World Series behind Johnny Cueto's 2-hitter". ESPN News Services. Kansas City, Missouri: ESPN Internet Ventures. Associated Press. October 29, 2015. Retrieved October 29, 2015.
Jump up ^ "Johnny Cueto outpitches Jacob deGrom as Royals take 2–0 World Series lead". The Guardian. Guardian News and Media. October 29, 2015. Retrieved October 29, 2015.
Jump up ^ Lacques, Gabe (October 29, 2015). "Royals' Johnny Cueto makes history with World Series complete game". USA Today. Kansas City, Missouri: Gannett Satellite Information Network, Inc. Retrieved October 29, 2015.
Jump up ^ 2015 World Series Collector's Edition Sleevestats. United States of America: Major League Baseball, Inc. 2015. p. 3.
Jump up ^ Justice, Richard. "Ventura vs. Thor a showdown of MLB's hardest throwers". MLB.com. Retrieved October 31, 2015.
Jump up ^ Kerber, Fred. "Mike Piazza kicks off Game 3 with 'doo-doo' 1st pitch". New York Post. Retrieved October 31, 2015.
Jump up ^ Simon, Andrew. "Conforto in LF for Mets; Morales out for KC". MLB.com. Retrieved October 31, 2015.
Jump up ^ "Mets slam back into World Series with Game 3 domination". New York Post. Retrieved October 31, 2015.
Jump up ^ "Michael Conforto rewarded Collins' faith with this clutch play – New York Post". New York Post. Retrieved October 31, 2015.
Jump up ^ "Franklin Morales' misplay costly to Royals in Game 3 loss to Mets". USA TODAY. October 31, 2015. Retrieved October 31, 2015.
Jump up ^ "Royals' Raul A. Mondesi, 20, makes World Series history with debut". ESPN. Retrieved October 31, 2015.
^ Jump up to: a b "Ben Zobrist hits eighth double, ties record". Major League Baseball. Retrieved October 31, 2015.
Jump up ^ "World Series 2015: Demi Lovato to sing Game 4 national anthem, Tim McGraw gets 1st pitch". NJ.com. Retrieved October 31, 2015.
Jump up ^ "Blogs – Sports Blogs". ESPN.com. Retrieved October 31, 2015.
Jump up ^ "Royals Alex Rios loses track of outs in Game 4". Major League Baseball. Retrieved October 31, 2015.
^ Jump up to: a b "2015 World Series Collector's Edition". Major League Baseball, Inc. Official MLB DVD. 2015.
Jump up ^ "Mets Michael Conforto homers twice in Game 4". Major League Baseball. Retrieved October 31, 2015.
Jump up ^ DiComo, Anthony; Flanagan, Jeffrey. "Figure 8: KC rall-E stuns Mets; WS end tonight?". mlb.com. Major League Baseball. Retrieved November 1, 2015.
Jump up ^ Botte, Peter (November 1, 2015). "Yoenis Céspedes has another nightmare game for Mets in World Series Game 4 loss". New York Daily News.
Jump up ^ Flanagan, Jeffrey. "Royals expect Volquez to return today". MLB.com. Retrieved October 31, 2015.
Jump up ^ Waldstein, David (November 1, 2015). "For Royals' Edinson Vólquez, a Bittersweet Start in His Father's Memory". The New York Times. Retrieved November 1, 2015.
Jump up ^ "In Game 5, Matt Harvey looks to make his own statement". lohud.com. October 31, 2015. Retrieved November 2, 2015.
Jump up ^ "Mets announce that a music legend will sing before Game 5". NJ.com. Retrieved November 2, 2015.
Jump up ^ "Granderson homers to give Mets early le". Major League Baseball. Retrieved November 2, 2015.
Jump up ^ Perry, Dayn (November 1, 2015). "2015 World Series: Mets' Matt Harvey talks his way in, and it backfires". CBS Sports. Archived from the original on November 2, 2015. Retrieved November 1, 2015.
Jump up ^ "Royals crowned kings of improbability and MLB". ESPN. November 1, 2015. Retrieved November 2, 2015.
Jump up ^ "Watch: Christian Colon delivers 12th-inning game-winning RBI for Royals". Sports Illustrated. November 2, 2015. Retrieved November 1, 2015.
Jump up ^ Keh, Andrew (November 2, 2015). "Royals Battle Back Against Mets Then Win World Series With an Outburst". The New York Times. Retrieved November 1, 2015.
Jump up ^ "Royals win World Series as Yost says: 'I couldn't have written a better script'". Guardian. November 1, 2015. Retrieved November 2, 2015.
Jump up ^ Kahrl, Christina (November 2, 2016). "Royals catcher Salvador Pérez named World Series MVP". ESPN.com. Retrieved March 31, 2016.
Jump up ^ "John Smoltz to call games for Fox MLB telecasts". USA Today. New York City: Gannett Satellite Information Network, Inc. Associated Press. March 10, 2014. Retrieved October 28, 2015.
Jump up ^ Hoch, Bryan; Newman, Mark (October 27, 2015). "Game 1 briefly halted due to FOX outage". Major League Baseball Advanced Media, LP. Retrieved October 28, 2015.
Jump up ^ Calcaterra, Craig (October 22, 2015). "The Mets will have five days off before the World Series. Why?". HardballTalk. NBC Sports. Retrieved February 11, 2016.
Jump up ^ "Ratings: World Series on Fox Off to Best Start Since 2010; 'Wicked City' Opens Quietly". Variety. October 28, 2015. Retrieved October 31, 2015.
Jump up ^ "World Series Game 2 Ratings Jump From 2014 & Beat GOP Debate, 'Arrow' Rises". deadline.com. October 29, 2015. Retrieved October 31, 2015.
Jump up ^ "World Series Ratings Hit 6-Year Game 3 High, 'Grimm' Returns Down, '20/20′ Surges With Leah Remini Interview". deadline.com. October 30, 2015. Retrieved November 1, 2015.
Jump up ^ "Weekend ratings predictions: Packers-Broncos, World Series and more". Sporting News. October 29, 2015. Retrieved October 31, 2015.
Jump up ^ Patten, Dominic (November 2, 2015). "'World Series' Ratings Hit 12-Year Game 5 Viewership High, 'SNF' Wins Night With 23M Viewers". Deadline. Retrieved November 4, 2015.
Jump up ^ Paulsen. "Mets/Royals Opener Hits Multi-Year Highs on FOX". Sports Media Watch. Retrieved October 31, 2015.
Jump up ^ Paulsen. "Mets/Royals Game 2 Trails Debate, But Hits Four-Year high". Sports Media Watch. Retrieved October 31, 2015.
Jump up ^ Porter, Rick. "TV Ratings Friday: 'Grimm' returns lower, 'Hawaii Five-0' ticks up vs. World Series". Zap2it. Retrieved October 31, 2015.
Jump up ^ Porter, Rick. "TV Ratings Saturday: World Series doubles up college football". Zap2it. Retrieved November 1, 2015. [dead link]
Jump up ^ Porter, Rick. "TV Ratings Sunday: NFL tops World Series, both drive scripted shows down". Zap2it. Archived from the original on November 3, 2015. Retrieved November 2, 2015.
Jump up ^ "ESPN's Coverage of the 111th World Series: New York Mets vs. Kansas City Royals". sportsmedianews.com. Retrieved October 28, 2015.
Jump up ^ "Your 2015 World Series Announcing Schedule". Awful Announcing. Retrieved October 31, 2015.
Jump up ^ "World Series 2015 TV schedule: New York Mets vs. Kansas City Royals live stream: Time, TV, channel, how to watch online". NJ.com. Retrieved October 31, 2015.
Jump up ^ "Sports On the Air". kansascity. Retrieved October 31, 2015.
Jump up ^ Best, Neil. "Mets-Royals World Series is the first between 2 expansion teams – Newsday". Newsday. Retrieved October 28, 2015.
Jump up ^ "10 Things to Know About the World Series – NYMag". Daily Intelligencer. Retrieved October 28, 2015.
Jump up ^ "Top facts about Mets, Royals World Series". Major League Baseball. Retrieved October 28, 2015.
Jump up ^ "Royals' 2016 opener against the Mets will be on a Sunday night on ESPN". Kansas City Star. November 19, 2015. Retrieved February 11, 2016.
Jump up ^ "Royals' rotation puts the 'world' in World Series with Dominican flair". Retrieved October 29, 2015.
Jump up ^ Oz, Mike (December 10, 2014). "Reminder: The Cubs won the 2015 World Series in 'Back to the Future 2'". sports.yahoo.com. NBC Sports Network, Stats LLC, Opta. Retrieved August 5, 2015.
Jump up ^ Placek, Christopher (October 9, 2015). "'Back to the Future' writer says 2015 Cubs prediction no longer a joke". Daily Herald. Arlington Heights, Illinois: Paddock Publications, Inc. Retrieved October 10, 2015.
External links[edit]
Official website
2015 Postseason Schedule at MLB.com
[show]
Links to related articles
[show]
v
t
e
2015 Major League Baseball postseason
Part of the 2015 Major League Baseball season
World Series
American League Championship Series
National League Championship Series
American League Division Series
National League Division Series
American League Wild Card Game
National League Wild Card Game
American League teams
Houston Astros
Kansas City Royals
New York Yankees
Texas Rangers
Toronto Blue Jays
National League teams
Chicago Cubs
Los Angeles Dodgers
New York Mets
Pittsburgh Pirates
St. Louis Cardinals
[show]
v
t
e
World Series
No World Series was held in 1904 because the NL champions refused to participate; no World Series was held in 1994 due to a players' strike.
1900s–1910s
1900 · 1901 · 1902 · 1903
1904
1905
1906
1907
1908
1909
1910
1911
1912
1913
1914
1915
1916
1917
1918
1919
1920s–1930s
1920
1921
1922
1923
1924
1925
1926
1927
1928
1929
1930
1931
1932
1933
1934
1935
1936
1937
1938
1939
1940s–1950s
1940
1941
1942
1943
1944
1945
1946
1947
1948
1949
1950
1951
1952
1953
1954
1955
1956
1957
1958
1959
1960s–1970s
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
1972
1973
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979
1980s–1990s
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000s–2010s
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
See also
Pre-World Series champions
World Series champions
Most Valuable Players
Starting pitchers
Babe Ruth Award
Commissioner's Trophy
World Series ring
Appearances
Streaks
Droughts
Series (by franchise)
Broadcasters
TV ratings
ALCS
NLCS
ALDS
NLDS
ALWC
NLWC
Game 7
1989 Loma Prieta earthquake
Dauvray Cup
Temple Cup
Chronicle-Telegraph Cup
Book:World Series
Category:World Series
[show]
v
t
e
Fox Major League Baseball
Related programs
The Cheap Seats (2010–2011)
MLB Whiparound
Major League Baseball Game of the Week
Thursday Night Baseball (1997–2001)
This Week in Baseball (2000–2011)
Related articles
DirecTV N3D
FoxBox
FoxTrax
Scooter
Television contracts (cable)
MLB Network
World Series television ratings
National coverage
Fox (1996–present)
FS1 (2014–present)
FS2 (2014–present)
Fox Deportes (2012–present)
Fox Family Channel (2001)
Fox Sports Net (1997–1999)
FX (1997)
FSN affiliates
Arizona (Arizona Diamondbacks)
Detroit (Detroit Tigers)
Florida (Miami Marlins & Tampa Bay Rays)
Kansas City (Kansas City Royals)
Midwest (St. Louis Cardinals)
North (Minnesota Twins)
Ohio (Cincinnati Reds)
San Diego (San Diego Padres)
South (Atlanta Braves)
Southeast (Atlanta Braves)
Southwest (Texas Rangers)
West (Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim)
Wisconsin (Milwaukee Brewers)
Sun (Miami Marlins & Tampa Bay Rays)
SportsTime Ohio (Cleveland Indians)
YES Network (New York Yankees)
Former
FSN affiliates
Bay Area (Oakland Athletics & San Francisco Giants; 1998–2007)
Chicago (Chicago Cubs & Chicago White Sox, 1998–2006)
Houston (Houston Astros, 2009-2012)
New York (New York Mets, 1998–2005)
Rocky Mountain (Colorado Rockies, 1997-2010)
Fox/MyTV
O&O Stations
New York City: WNYW 5 (Yankees, 1999–2001), WWOR 9 (N.Y. Giants, 1951–1957; Brooklyn Dodgers, 1950–1957; Mets, 1962–1998; Yankees, 2005–2014)
Los Angeles: KTTV 11 (Dodgers, 1958–1992), KCOP 13 (Dodgers, 2002–2005; Angels, 2006–2012)
Chicago: WFLD 32 (White Sox, 1968–1972, 1982–1989)
Philadelphia: WTXF 29 (Phillies, 1983–1989)
Dallas–Fort Worth: KDFW 4 & KDFI 27 (Texas Rangers, 2001–2009)
San Francisco–Oakland: KTVU 2 (Giants, 1961–2007; Athletics, 1973–1974), KICU 36 (Athletics, 1999–2008)
Boston: WFXT 25 (Red Sox, 2000–2002)
Washington, D.C.: WTTG 5 (Senators, 1948–1958), WDCA 20 (Nationals, 2005–2008)
Houston: KRIV 26 (Astros, 1979–1982), KTXH 20 (Astros, 1983–1997, 2008–2012)
Detroit: WJBK 2 (Tigers, 1953–1974; 2007)
Minneapolis–Saint Paul: KMSP 9 (Twins, 1979–1988, 1998–2002), WFTC 29 (Twins, 1990–1992, 2005–2010)
Commentators
All-Star Game
ALCS
ALDS
NLCS
NLDS
World Series
Key figures
Kenny Albert
Dick Bremer
Thom Brennaman
Joe Buck
Joe Davis
Aaron Goldsmith
Mike Joy
Justin Kutcher
Josh Lewin
Tom McCarthy
Mel Proctor
John Rooney
Dave Sims
Dick Stockton
Daron Sutton
Matt Vasgersian
Rich Waltz
Color commentators
Rod Allen
Bob Brenly
Joe Girardi
Mark Grace
Mark Gubicza
Rex Hudler
Eric Karros
Steve Lyons
Rick Manning
Tim McCarver
José Mota
A. J. Pierzynski
Harold Reynolds
Frank Robinson
Ken Singleton
John Smoltz
Jeff Torborg
Tom Verducci
Guest commentators
Bret Boone
David Cone
Terry Francona
Luis Gonzalez
Ozzie Guillén
Al Leiter
David Ortiz
A. J. Pierzynski
Lou Piniella
Jimmy Rollins
Nick Swisher
Field reporters
Erin Andrews
Curt Menefee
Chris Myers
Ken Rosenthal
Studio hosts
Greg Amsinger
Kevin Burkhardt
Chip Caray
Brian Kenny
Keith Olbermann
Patrick O'Neal
Chris Rose
Rob Stone
Jeanne Zelasko
Studio analysts
Eric Byrnes
Keith Hernandez
Raúl Ibañez
Gabe Kapler
Kevin Kennedy
Kevin Millar
C. J. Nitkowski
Dan Plesac
Billy Ripken
Pete Rose
Mark Sweeney
Frank Thomas
Mitch Williams
Dontrelle Willis
Dave Winfield
Lore
The Flip Play (2001)
Steve Bartman (2003)
Yankees–Red Sox rivalry
The 53-Minute 7th Inning (2015)
Regular season
1998 Major League Baseball home run record chase
Philip Humber's perfect game (2012)
World Series games
The Last Night of the Yankee Dynasty (2001)
Game 6 of the 2011 World Series
Walk-off Obstruction (2013)
The End of The Curse (2016)
The Wedding Proposal (2017)
Baseball-related curses
Curse of the Bambino
Curse of the Billy Goat
Curse of Rocky Colavito
World Series
1996
1998
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
AL Championship Series
1997
1999
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2009
2011
2013
2015
2017
2019
2021
NL Championship Series
1996
1998
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2008
2010
2012
2014
2016
2018
2020
AL Division Series
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2015
2017
2019
2021
NL Division Series
1996
1998
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2014
2016
2018
2020
All-Star Game
1997
1999
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
Music
"At Last"
"Con te partirò"
"Golden Autumn Day"
"The Golden Age"
"Here Comes the Sun"
"Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye"
"On Top"
"The Rising"
Scott Schreer
"The Scientist"
"Stuck in a Moment You Can't Get Out Of"
"Time of Your Life"
"Walk On"
[show]
v
t
e
Major League Baseball on ESPN Radio
Play-by-play
Charley Steiner (1998–2001)
Jon Miller (1998–2010)
Dan Shulman (2002–present)
Gary Thorne (2008–2009)
Jon Sciambi (2010–present)
Analysts
Kevin Kennedy (1998)
Dave Campbell (1999–2010)
Chris Singleton (2011–present)
Studio hosts
Joe D'Ambrosio (1998–2007)
Marc Kestecher (2008–present)
AL Championship Series
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
NL Championship Series
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
AL Division Series
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
NL Division Series
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
AL Wild Card Game
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
NL Wild Card Game
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
All-Star Game
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
World Series
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
Related programs
ESPN Major League Baseball
Major League Baseball Game of the Week
Sunday Night Baseball
Commentators
All-Star Game
ALCS
ALDS
NLCS
NLDS
World Series
Lore
1998 Major League Baseball home run record chase
Death of Osama bin Laden
Grand Slam Single
Tie-breaker games
1998 NL Wild Card Playoff
1999 NL Wild Card Playoff
2007 NL Wild Card Playoff
2008 AL Central Playoff
2009 AL Central Playoff
2013 AL Wild Card tie-breaker
Divisional Series games
The Flip Play
"The Bug Game"
Roy Halladay's postseason no-hitter
"The Illegal Slide Game"
"The 53-Minute 7th Inning"
World Series games
The Last Night of the Yankee Dynasty
Game 6 of the 2011 World Series
Walk-off Obstruction
Chicago Cubs
Steve Bartman (2003)
Curse of the Billy Goat
New York Yankees
Yankees–Red Sox rivalry
Curse of the Bambino
Final game at Yankee Stadium (2008)
Related articles
Major League Baseball on the radio
Home Run Derby
[show]
v
t
e
2015 MLB season by team
AL East
Baltimore
Boston
New York
Tampa Bay
Toronto
AL Central
Chicago
Cleveland
Detroit
Kansas City
Minnesota
AL West
Houston
Los Angeles
Oakland
Seattle
Texas
NL East
Atlanta
Miami
New York
Philadelphia
Washington
NL Central
Chicago
Cincinnati
Milwaukee
Pittsburgh
St. Louis
NL West
Arizona
Colorado
Los Angeles
San Diego
San Francisco
2015 MLB draft
2015 All-Star Game
2015 World Series
[show]
v
t
e
Kansas City Royals 2015 World Series champions
1 Jarrod Dyson
2 Alcides Escobar (ALCS MVP)
4 Alex Gordon
6 Lorenzo Cain
8 Mike Moustakas
9 Drew Butera
13 Salvador Pérez (World Series MVP)
15 Alex Ríos
16 Paulo Orlando
17 Wade Davis
18 Ben Zobrist
24 Christian Colón
25 Kendrys Morales
27 Raúl A. Mondesí
30 Yordano Ventura
32 Chris Young
35 Eric Hosmer
36 Edinson Vólquez
39 Kris Medlen
40 Kelvin Herrera
41 Danny Duffy
44 Luke Hochevar
45 Franklin Morales
46 Ryan Madson
47 Johnny Cueto
Manager
3 Ned Yost
Coaches
Bench Coach 22 Don Wakamatsu
First Base Coach 81 Rusty Kuntz
Third Base Coach 23 Mike Jirschele
Hitting Coach 21 Dale Sveum
Pitching Coach 58 Dave Eiland
Bullpen Coach 57 Doug Henry
Catching 28 Pedro Grifol
Bullpen Catcher 88 Cody Clark
Regular season
American League Division Series
American League Championship Series
[show]
v
t
e
Kansas City Royals
Based in Kansas City, Missouri
Franchise
History
Expansion and draft
Seasons
Current roster
Owners and executives
Managers
Opening Day starting pitchers
All-time roster
First-round draft picks
Records
No-hitters
Awards and league leaders
Broadcasters
Kansas City Royals Baseball Academy
Fox Sports Kansas City
Royals Sports Television Network
Ballparks
Municipal Stadium
Kauffman Stadium
Spring training
Terry Park
Baseball City Stadium
Surprise Stadium
Culture
Sluggerrr
Denny Matthews
Ryan Lefebvre
American Royal
"Royals (song)"
Lore
Pine Tar Incident
The Call
2014 AL Wild Card Game
Miracle at Minute Maid
Hosmer's Mad Dash
Rivalries
St. Louis Cardinals
Team Hall of Fame
Steve Busby
Amos Otis
Dick Howser
Cookie Rojas
Paul Splittorff
Dennis Leonard
Hal McRae
Joe Burke
Larry Gura
Freddie Patek
Ewing Kauffman
George Brett
Frank White
Muriel Kauffman
John Mayberry
Dan Quisenberry
Whitey Herzog
Willie Wilson
Jeff Montgomery
Denny Matthews
Bret Saberhagen
Mark Gubicza
Art Stewart
Kevin Appier
Mike Sweeney
Minor league
affiliates
AAA
Omaha Storm Chasers
AA
Northwest Arkansas Naturals
A Adv.
Wilmington Blue Rocks
A
Lexington Legends
Rookie Adv.
Idaho Falls Chukars
Burlington Royals
Rookie
AZL Royals
DSL Royals
Key personnel
Owner: David Glass
General Manager: Dayton Moore
Manager: Ned Yost
World Series
championships (2)
1985
2015
American League
pennants (4)
1980
1985
2014
2015
Division titles
West
1976
1977
1978
1980
1981 (second half)
1984
1985
Central
2015
Wild Card
2014
[show]
Seasons (50)
1960s
1960 · 1961 · 1962 · 1963 · 1964 · 1965 · 1966 · 1967 · 1968 · 1969
1970s
1970
1971
1972
1973
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979
1980s
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990s
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000s
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010s
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
[show]
v
t
e
New York Mets
Based in Queens, New York
Franchise
History
Expansion Draft
Seasons
Records
Players
New York Mets Hall of Fame
Award winners and league leaders (Sterling Award)
Managers
Owners and executives
Broadcasters
Opening Day starting pitchers
First-round draft picks
SportsNet New York
Logos and uniforms
No-hitters
Ballparks
Polo Grounds
Shea Stadium
Citi Field
Spring training
Al Lang Stadium
First Data Field
Culture and lore
New York Metropolitans
Continental League
Can't Anybody Here Play This Game?
Mr. Met
Mrs. Met
Kiner's Korner
Jane Jarvis
Michael Sergio
"The Boyfriend" (Seinfeld episode)
"Ya Gotta Believe!"
Home Run Apple
Generation K
Sign Man
Cowbell Man
"Meet the Mets"
The Odd Couple
George Kalinsky
Alex Anthony
Frequency
"A Leela of Her Own" (Futurama episode)
"Let's Go Mets Go"
Sidd Finch
Game 6
Grand Slam Single
No-han
The 7 Line Army
Key personnel
Owner: Fred Wilpon
President: Saul Katz
COO: Jeff Wilpon
General Manager: Sandy Alderson
Manager: Mickey Callaway
Team Captain: David Wright
Rivalries
Philadelphia Phillies
Atlanta Braves
New York Yankees/Subway Series
World Series
Championships (2)
1969
1986
National League
Pennants (5)
1969
1973
1986
2000
2015
Division titles (6)
1969
1973
1986
1988
2006
2015
Wild Card (3)
1999 (tie-breaker game)
2000
2016
Minor league affiliates
AAA: Las Vegas 51s
AA: Binghamton Rumble Ponies
A Adv.: St. Lucie Mets
A: Columbia Fireflies
Short A: Brooklyn Cyclones
Rookie Adv.: Kingsport Mets
Rookie: GCL Mets
DSL Mets I
DSL Mets II
Player overview
[show]
Seasons (58)
1960s
1960 · 1961 · 1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970s
1970
1971
1972
1973
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979
1980s
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990s
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000s
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010s
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
Baseball portal
Missouri portal
New York City portal
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2015_World_Series&oldid=822226946"
Categories:
2015 in sports in New York City
2015 in sports in Missouri
2015 Major League Baseball season
21st century in Kansas City, Missouri
Kansas City Royals postseason
New York Mets postseason
World Series
October 2015 sports events in the United States
November 2015 sports events in the United States
Sports competitions in New York City
Hidden categories:
All articles with dead external links
Articles with dead external links from May 2017
Good articles
Use mdy dates from November 2015
Pages using deprecated image syntax
Navigation menu
Personal tools
Not logged in
Talk
Contributions
Create account
Log in
Namespaces
Article
Talk
Variants
Views
Read
Edit
View history
More
Search
Navigation
Main page
Contents
Featured content
Current events
Random article
Donate to Wikipedia
Wikipedia store
Interaction
Help
About Wikipedia
Community portal
Recent changes
Contact page
Tools
What links here
Related changes
Upload file
Special pages
Permanent link
Page information
Wikidata item
Cite this page
Print/export
Create a book
Download as PDF
Printable version
In other projects
Wikimedia Commons
Languages
Deutsch
Español
Français
한국어
Italiano
日本語
Русский
中文
Edit links
This page was last edited on 25 January 2018, at 03:39.
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Wikipedia® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization.
Privacy policy
About Wikipedia
Disclaimers
Contact Wikipedia
Developers
Cookie statement
Mobile view
Enable previews

values: mw-page-base noprint

values: mw-head-base noprint

values: This is a good article. Follow the link for more information.

attrs: class id

values: firstHeading firstHeading en

values: siteSub noprint

values: jump-to-nav mw-jump

values:
note
hatnote navigation-not-searchable

attrs: scope style

values:
row
white-space: nowrap;

values: 2015 American League Championship Series

values: 2015 National League Championship Series

values:
/wiki/Color_analyst
mw-redirect
Color analyst

values:
/wiki/Field_reporter
mw-redirect
Field reporter

values: text-align:left; vertical-align:middle; padding:0 0.5em 0 0;

values: text-align:center; vertical-align:middle; padding:0 1px;

values: text-align:right; vertical-align:middle; padding:0 0 0 0.5em;

values:
/wiki/Best-of-seven_playoff
mw-redirect
Best-of-seven playoff

values: 2015 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

values:
/wiki/Unearned_run
mw-redirect
Unearned run

values:
/wiki/Yankees-Mets_Rivalry
mw-redirect
Yankees-Mets Rivalry

values:
headerSort
0
columnheader button
Sort ascending

values:
/wiki/Most_Valuable_Player
mw-redirect
Most Valuable Player

values:
/wiki/Raul_Ibanez
mw-redirect
Raul Ibanez

values: ESPN College Football Thursday Primetime

values:
col
headerSort
0
columnheader button
Sort ascending

values:
/wiki/Share_(television)
mw-redirect
Share (television)

values: wikitable sortable plainrowheaders jquery-tablesorter

values:
/wiki/Marc_Kestecher
mw-redirect
Marc Kestecher

values:
/wiki/Edison_Volquez
mw-redirect
Edison Volquez

values:
/wiki/Wild_Card_Game
mw-redirect
Wild Card Game

values: -moz-column-width: 30em; -webkit-column-width: 30em; column-width: 30em; list-style-type: decimal;

values:
nofollow
external text
https://www.worldseries.com

values:
nofollow
external text
http://m.mlb.com/postseason-schedule

values:
2015_Major_League_Baseball_postseason
hlist vevent
font-size:114%;margin:0 4em

values: nowraplinks collapsible collapsed navbox-inner

values: List of pre-World Series baseball champions

values: List of Major League Baseball postseason teams

values: List of Major League Baseball franchise postseason streaks

values: List of Major League Baseball franchise postseason droughts

values: List of Major League Baseball postseason series by franchise

attrs: alt src title width height srcset data-file-width data-file-height

values: nowraplinks hlist collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner

values:
/wiki/Thursday_Night_Baseball
mw-redirect
Thursday Night Baseball

values: List of Arizona Diamondbacks broadcasters

values: List of St. Louis Cardinals broadcasters

values: List of San Francisco Giants broadcasters

values: List of Major League Baseball on Fox broadcasters

values: List of Major League Baseball All-Star Game broadcasters

values: List of American League Championship Series broadcasters

values: List of American League Division Series broadcasters

values: List of National League Championship Series broadcasters

values: List of National League Division Series broadcasters

values: 1998 Major League Baseball home run record chase

values: 1997 American League Championship Series

values: 1999 American League Championship Series

values: 2001 American League Championship Series

values: 2002 American League Championship Series

values: 2003 American League Championship Series

values: 2004 American League Championship Series

values: 2005 American League Championship Series

values: 2006 American League Championship Series

values: 2007 American League Championship Series

values: 2009 American League Championship Series

values: 2011 American League Championship Series

values: 2013 American League Championship Series

values: 2017 American League Championship Series

values: 1996 National League Championship Series

values: 1998 National League Championship Series

values: 2000 National League Championship Series

values: 2001 National League Championship Series

values: 2002 National League Championship Series

values: 2003 National League Championship Series

values: 2004 National League Championship Series

values: 2005 National League Championship Series

values: 2006 National League Championship Series

values: 2008 National League Championship Series

values: 2010 National League Championship Series

values: 2012 National League Championship Series

values: 2014 National League Championship Series

values: 2016 National League Championship Series

values: 2018 National League Championship Series (page does not exist)

values: 2018 National League Division Series (page does not exist)

values: 1997 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

values: 1999 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

values: 2001 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

values: 2002 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

values: 2003 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

values: 2004 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

values: 2005 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

values: 2006 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

values: 2007 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

values: 2008 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

values: 2009 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

values: 2010 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

values: 2011 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

values: 2012 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

values: 2013 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

values: 2014 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

values: 2016 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

values: 2017 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

values: 2018 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

values: nowraplinks collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner

values: Template:Major League Baseball on ESPN Radio

values: Template talk:Major League Baseball on ESPN Radio

values: 1998 American League Championship Series

values: 2000 American League Championship Series

values: 2008 American League Championship Series

values: 2010 American League Championship Series

values: 2012 American League Championship Series

values: 2014 American League Championship Series

values: 2016 American League Championship Series

values: 2018 American League Championship Series (page does not exist)

values: 1999 National League Championship Series

values: 2007 National League Championship Series

values: 2009 National League Championship Series

values: 2011 National League Championship Series

values: 2013 National League Championship Series

values: 2017 National League Championship Series

values: 2018 American League Division Series (page does not exist)

values: 2018 American League Wild Card Game (page does not exist)

values: 2018 National League Wild Card Game (page does not exist)

values: 1998 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

values: 2000 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

values: List of Major League Baseball on ESPN Radio broadcasters

values: 1998 National League Wild Card tie-breaker game

values: 1999 National League Wild Card tie-breaker game

values: 2007 National League Wild Card tie-breaker game

values: 2008 American League Central tie-breaker game

values: 2009 American League Central tie-breaker game

values: 2013 American League Wild Card tie-breaker game

values:
collapseButton6
#
color: rgb(255, 255, 255);

values: background-color:#C09A5B;color:#000000;;;background-color:#004687;color:#FFFFFF;-moz-box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #C09A5B, inset -2px -2px 0 #C09A5B; -webkit-box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #C09A5B, inset -2px -2px 0 #C09A5B; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #C09A5B, inset -2px -2px 0 #C09A5B;;;background:none transparent;border:none;-moz-box-shadow:none;-webkit-box-shadow:none;box-shadow:none;

values: League Championship Series Most Valuable Player Award

values:
collapseButton7
#
color: rgb(255, 255, 255);

values: 1968 Major League Baseball expansion draft

values: List of Kansas City Royals owners and executives

values: List of Kansas City Royals Opening Day starting pitchers

values: List of Kansas City Royals first-round draft picks

values: Kansas City Royals award winners and league leaders

values: Municipal Stadium (Kansas City, Missouri)

values: List of Kansas City Royals minor league affiliates

values: 1980 American League Championship Series

values: 1985 American League Championship Series

values:
collapseButton8
#
color: rgb(255, 255, 255);

values: nowraplinks collapsible collapsed navbox-subgroup

values:
collapseButton9
#
color: rgb(255, 255, 255);

values: background-color:#FF5910;color:#000000;;;background-color:#002D72;color:#FFFFFF;-moz-box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FF5910, inset -2px -2px 0 #FF5910; -webkit-box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FF5910, inset -2px -2px 0 #FF5910; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FF5910, inset -2px -2px 0 #FF5910;;;background:none transparent;border:none;-moz-box-shadow:none;-webkit-box-shadow:none;box-shadow:none;

values: 1961 Major League Baseball expansion draft

values: New York Mets award winners and league leaders

values: List of New York Mets owners and executives

values: List of New York Mets Opening Day starting pitchers

values: List of New York Mets first-round draft picks

values: 1969 National League Championship Series

values: 1973 National League Championship Series

values: 1986 National League Championship Series

values: 1988 National League Championship Series

values: List of New York Mets minor league affiliates

values:
/wiki/Dominican_Summer_Mets
mw-redirect
Dominican Summer Mets

values:
collapseButton10
#
color: rgb(255, 255, 255);

values: background-color:#FF5910;color:#000000;;background-color:#002D72;color:#FFFFFF;-moz-box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FF5910, inset -2px -2px 0 #FF5910; -webkit-box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FF5910, inset -2px -2px 0 #FF5910; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FF5910, inset -2px -2px 0 #FF5910;

values:
noprint metadata navbox
navigation
Portals
font-weight:bold;padding:0.4em 2em

values: Category:2015 in sports in New York City

values: Category:2015 Major League Baseball season

values: Category:21st century in Kansas City, Missouri

values: Category:October 2015 sports events in the United States

values: Category:November 2015 sports events in the United States

values: Category:Sports competitions in New York City

values: Category:All articles with dead external links

values: Category:Articles with dead external links from May 2017

values: Category:Use mdy dates from November 2015

values: Category:Pages using deprecated image syntax

values: Discussion about edits from this IP address [ctrl-alt-n]

values: A list of edits made from this IP address [ctrl-alt-y]

values: You are encouraged to create an account and log in; however, it is not mandatory

values: You're encouraged to log in; however, it's not mandatory. [ctrl-alt-o]

values:
/wiki/2015_World_Series
View the content page [ctrl-alt-c]
c

values: Discussion about the content page [ctrl-alt-t]

values: p-namespaces navigation vectorTabs p-namespaces-label

values:
p-variants
navigation
vectorMenu emptyPortlet
p-variants-label

values: Past revisions of this page [ctrl-alt-h]

values: p-views navigation vectorTabs p-views-label

values:
p-cactions
navigation
vectorMenu emptyPortlet
p-cactions-label

values:
mw-wiki-logo
/wiki/Main_Page
Visit the main page

values:
/wiki/Main_Page
Visit the main page [ctrl-alt-z]
z

values: Featured content – the best of Wikipedia

values: Find background information on current events

values:
/wiki/Special:Random
Load a random article [ctrl-alt-x]
x

values: portal navigation p-navigation p-navigation-label

values: Guidance on how to use and edit Wikipedia

values: About the project, what you can do, where to find things

values: A list of recent changes in the wiki [ctrl-alt-r]

values: portal navigation p-interaction p-interaction-label

values: List of all English Wikipedia pages containing links to this page [ctrl-alt-j]

values: Recent changes in pages linked from this page [ctrl-alt-k]

values:
/wiki/Wikipedia:File_Upload_Wizard
Upload files [ctrl-alt-u]
u

values: A list of all special pages [ctrl-alt-q]

values: Permanent link to this revision of the page

values: Link to connected data repository item [ctrl-alt-g]

values: Printable version of this page [ctrl-alt-p]

values: portal navigation p-wikibase-otherprojects p-wikibase-otherprojects-label

values:
uls-settings-trigger
Language settings
0
button
true

values: Мировая серия 2015 – Russian

values: /static/images/wikimedia-button-1.5x.png 1.5x, /static/images/wikimedia-button-2x.png 2x

values: /static/images/poweredby_mediawiki_132x47.png 1.5x, /static/images/poweredby_mediawiki_176x62.png 2x

values: mediawiki ltr sitedir-ltr mw-hide-empty-elt ns-0 ns-subject page-2015_World_Series rootpage-2015_World_Series skin-vector action-view


text:
Fred Ott's Sneeze
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jump to: navigation, search
Fred Ott's Sneeze
Directed by
William K.L. Dickson
Produced by
William K.L. Dickson
Starring
Fred Ott
Distributed by
Edison Manufacturing Company
Release date
January 9, 1894 (1894-01-09)
Running time
5 seconds
Country
United States
Language
Silent
Fred Ott's Sneeze (also known as Edison Kinetoscopic Record of a Sneeze) is an 1894 American, short, black-and-white, silent documentary film shot by William K.L. Dickson and starring Fred Ott. It was the first motion picture to be copyrighted in the United States.[1]
In the five-second film one of Thomas Edison's assistants, Fred Ott, takes a pinch of snuff and sneezes. According to the Library of Congress, "It was filmed for publicity purposes as a series of still photographs to accompany an article in Harper's Weekly."[2]
In 2015, the United States Library of Congress selected the film for preservation in the National Film Registry, finding it "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant."[3]
Contents
[hide]
1 Production
2 Current status
3 See also
4 References
5 External links
Production[edit]
The film was produced by the Edison Manufacturing Company, which had begun making films in 1890 under the direction of Dickson, one of the earliest film pioneers. It was filmed within the Black Maria studio at West Orange, New Jersey, in the USA, which was U.S. first movie studio. It was filmed between January 2, 1894 and January 7, 1894[2] and was displayed, at the time, through the means of a Kinetoscope.
Current status[edit]
45 paper prints made from individual frames of the film.
As a film produced prior to 1923, its copyright has now expired and the work is in the public domain. Originally, the film was submitted to the Library of Congress as a "paper print" (a photographic record of each frame of the film) for copyright purposes. A digital copy is now kept by the Library of Congress and can be viewed on their American Memory website.[2] This short film has been featured at The 30th Annual Academy Awards, and was included as part of the TV documentary. The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies[4]
See also[edit]
1894 in film
References[edit]
Jump up ^ "A Sneeze Caught on Film". American Treasures of the Library of Congress. Retrieved 2007-03-17.
^ Jump up to: a b c "Library of Congress American Memory". Retrieved 2007-03-17.
Jump up ^ Mike Barnes (December 16, 2015). "'Ghostbusters,' 'Top Gun,' 'Shawshank' Enter National Film Registry". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved December 16, 2015.
Jump up ^ "Internet Movie Database Movie Connections". Retrieved 2007-03-17.
External links[edit]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Fred Ott's Sneeze.
Library of Congress
Video of Fred Ott's Sneeze YouTube
Fred Ott's Sneeze on IMDb
Fred Ott's Sneeze at AllMovie
Evina, Frank (October 2004). "Copyright Lore" (PDF). Copyright Notices. U.S. Copyright Office. Retrieved June 6, 2011.
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fred_Ott%27s_Sneeze&oldid=817574596"
Categories:
1894 films
American films
American documentary films
American black-and-white films
American silent short films
Thomas Edison
Films directed by William Kennedy Dickson
Films shot in New Jersey
1890s documentary films
Black-and-white documentary films
United States National Film Registry films
Edison Manufacturing Company films
Hidden categories:
Articles containing video clips
Navigation menu
Personal tools
Not logged in
Talk
Contributions
Create account
Log in
Namespaces
Article
Talk
Variants
Views
Read
Edit
View history
More
Search
Navigation
Main page
Contents
Featured content
Current events
Random article
Donate to Wikipedia
Wikipedia store
Interaction
Help
About Wikipedia
Community portal
Recent changes
Contact page
Tools
What links here
Related changes
Upload file
Special pages
Permanent link
Page information
Wikidata item
Cite this page
Print/export
Create a book
Download as PDF
Printable version
In other projects
Wikimedia Commons
Languages
العربية
Български
Čeština
Deutsch
Español
فارسی
Français
Bahasa Indonesia
Italiano
Nederlands
Oʻzbekcha/ўзбекча
Polski
Português
Qaraqalpaqsha
Русский
Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски
Edit links
This page was last edited on 29 December 2017, at 07:19.
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Wikipedia® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization.
Privacy policy
About Wikipedia
Disclaimers
Contact Wikipedia
Developers
Cookie statement
Mobile view
Enable previews

key: html

type: local

value: div

attrs: id class

values: mw-page-base noprint

values: mw-head-base noprint

value: a

value: i

attrs: id class lang

values: firstHeading firstHeading en

values: siteSub noprint

values: jump-to-nav mw-jump

value: th

attrs: colspan class style

value: tr

value: img

attrs: alt src width height class srcset data-file-width data-file-height

attrs: href class

value: td

attrs: colspan style

attrs: href title

values:
reflist mw-references-wrap
list-style-type: decimal;

values:
nofollow
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0000008/
external text

values:
nofollow
external text
https://www.allmovie.com/movie/v322247

values: Category:Films directed by William Kennedy Dickson

values: Category:United States National Film Registry films

values: Category:Edison Manufacturing Company films

values: Category:Articles containing video clips

values: Discussion about edits from this IP address [ctrl-alt-n]

values: A list of edits made from this IP address [ctrl-alt-y]

values: You are encouraged to create an account and log in; however, it is not mandatory

values: You're encouraged to log in; however, it's not mandatory. [ctrl-alt-o]

values:
/wiki/Fred_Ott%27s_Sneeze
View the content page [ctrl-alt-c]
c

values: Discussion about the content page [ctrl-alt-t]

values: p-namespaces navigation vectorTabs p-namespaces-label

values:
p-variants
navigation
vectorMenu emptyPortlet
p-variants-label

values: Past revisions of this page [ctrl-alt-h]

values: p-views navigation vectorTabs p-views-label

values:
p-cactions
navigation
vectorMenu emptyPortlet
p-cactions-label

values:
mw-wiki-logo
/wiki/Main_Page
Visit the main page

values:
/wiki/Main_Page
Visit the main page [ctrl-alt-z]
z

values: Featured content – the best of Wikipedia

values: Find background information on current events

values:
/wiki/Special:Random
Load a random article [ctrl-alt-x]
x

values: portal navigation p-navigation p-navigation-label

values: عطسة فريد أوت – Arabic

values: Кихането на Фред Отт – Bulgarian

values: عطسه فرد اوت – Persian

values: Edison Kinetoscopic Record of a Sneeze – Polish

values: Edison Kinetoscopic Record of a Sneeze – Portuguese

values: Фред Отт. Чихание – Russian

values:
suggestions
display: none; font-size: 13px;

values: mediawiki ltr sitedir-ltr mw-hide-empty-elt ns-0 ns-subject page-Fred_Ott_s_Sneeze rootpage-Fred_Ott_s_Sneeze skin-vector action-view


text:
What the World Needs Now Is Love
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jump to: navigation, search
This article is about the song. For the Wynonna Judd album, see What the World Needs Now Is Love (album). For the Glee episode, see What the World Needs Now (Glee). For the Stan Getz album, see What the World Needs Now: Stan Getz Plays Burt Bacharach and Hal David.
"What the World Needs Now Is Love"
Single by Jackie DeShannon
from the album This Is Jackie DeShannon
B-side
"I Remember the Boy"
Released
April 15, 1965
Genre
Folk rock, jazz, soul
Length
3:10
Label
Imperial Records
Songwriter(s)
Hal David, Burt Bacharach
Producer(s)
Burt Bacharach
Jackie DeShannon singles chronology
"When You Walk in the Room"
(1964) "What the World Needs Now Is Love"
(1965) "A Lifetime of Loneliness"
(1965)
"When You Walk in the Room"
(1964) "What the World Needs Now Is Love"
(1965) "A Lifetime of Loneliness"
(1965)
"What the World Needs Now Is Love" is a 1965 popular song with lyrics by Hal David and music composed by Burt Bacharach. First recorded and made popular by Jackie DeShannon, it was released on April 15, 1965, on the Imperial label after a release on sister label Liberty records the previous month was canceled. It peaked at number seven on the US Hot 100 in July of that year.[1] In Canada, the song reached number one.
Contents
[hide]
1 Recording history
1.1 Other notable covers
2 Tom Clay version
3 In popular culture
4 Quotation
5 References
6 Bibliography
7 External links
Recording history[edit]
The song was originally offered to Dionne Warwick, who turned it down at the time,[2] though she later recorded it for her album Here Where There Is Love. (Warwick also recorded a second version in 1996, which scraped the lower reaches of the US Hot 100.) Bacharach initially did not believe in the song, and was reluctant to play it for DeShannon.[3] DeShannon's version was recorded on March 23, 1965, at New York's Bell Sound studios.[4] Bacharach arranged, conducted and produced the session.
In 1966, The Supremes recorded the song for their album Reflections.
In 2011, Ronan Keating recorded the song for his album When Ronan Met Burt.
Kree Harrison, in 2013, made a cover of the song in the 12th season of American Idol. The studio version was recorded by Idol Studio Recordings.
On June 15, 2016, the song was recorded by Broadway for Orlando, with all proceeds going to the victims of the Orlando nightclub shooting.[5]
On Dec. 22, 2016 the Mighty Mighty Bosstones announced the upcoming release of their version of the song
On Mar. 24, 2017 it was re-recorded by Hans Zimmer, Steve Mazzaro & Missi Hale for the movie The Boss Baby.
Other notable covers[edit]
"What the World Needs Now Is Love" has been recorded or performed live by over 100 artists, including:
Ed Ames
Rick Astley
Cilla Black
Tom Clay
Coldplay
Jad Fair with Daniel Johnston
Judy Garland
Rigmor Gustafsson
Stacey Kent
Barry Manilow
Aimee Mann
Johnny Mathis
Mr. Bungle
My Morning Jacket
Andrea Ross
Merrilee Rush
The Chambers Brothers
The Staple Singers
The Young Americans
Carla Thomas
McCoy Tyner
Steve Tyrell
Luther Vandross
Zwan
Tom Clay version[edit]
"What the World Needs Now Is Love/Abraham, Martin and John"
Single by Tom Clay
from the album What the World Needs Now Is Love
B-side
"The Victors"
Released
July 1971
Format
Vinyl record
Recorded
Early 1971
Genre
Pop, spoken word
Length
6:10
Label
Motown (MoWest MW5002F)
Songwriter(s)
Hal David, Burt Bacharach
Producer(s)
Tom Clay
Tom Clay singles chronology
"What the World Needs Now Is Love/Abraham, Martin and John"
(1971) "Whatever Happened to Love"
(1971)
"What the World Needs Is Love/Abraham, Martin and John"
(1971) "Whatever Happened to Love"
(1971)
In addition to the DeShannon hit recording and the numerous cover versions, "What the World Needs Now is Love" served as the basis for a distinctive 1971 remix.
Disc jockey Tom Clay was working at radio station KGBS in Los Angeles, California, when he created the single "What the World Needs Now is Love/Abraham, Martin and John", a social commentary that became a surprise hit record that summer.[6]
The song begins with a man asking a young boy to define such words as bigotry, segregation, and hatred (to which the boy says he doesn't know); he says that prejudice is "when someone's sick". Following that is a soundbite of a drill sergeant leading a platoon into training, along with gunfire sound effects, after which are snippets of the two songs – both as recorded by The Blackberries, a session recording group.[7] Interspersed are excerpts of speeches by John F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, the eulogy (given by Ted Kennedy) after Robert's assassination, and Martin Luther King, Jr., and soundbites of news coverage of each one's assassination. The ending of the song is a reprise of the introduction.
"What the World Needs Now is Love/Abraham, Martin and John" rose to No. 8 on the Billboard Hot 100 in August 1971, and was Clay's only Top 40 hit.[8]
In popular culture[edit]
"What the World Needs Now is Love" has been used in many film soundtracks, notably Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice and For the Love of Fred (used as the film's closing theme song in both), Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery, My Best Friend's Wedding, Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason, Hot Shots!, Happy Gilmore, and Forrest Gump. In the Danish zodiac porn comedy I Jomfruens tegn (1973), an extended version is used for the hardcore underwater orgy that ends the film.[9]
In April 1968, Cilla Black released a rendition of the song on her third studio album Sher-oo! which was a Top 10 hit on the UK album chart.
In June 1968, following the shooting of Robert Kennedy but before he died (approximately 26 hours), the Jackie DeShannon version was played over and over on Los Angeles radio stations as an audio vigil. This also continued for a few days following his death.
The first few notes of the song have also been used as a toteboard cue for the annual Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon.
A recording by Des O'Connor featured in episode #3.1 ("The Early Birds") of The Good Life.
A shortened version of the title is used in a biography of Burt Bacharach and Hal David by Robin Platts.
It was featured in the fourth season of Beverly Hills, 90210, in the episode "Twenty Years Ago Today".
In the Philippines, it was also used as the theme song of an event dubbed as Close-Up Lovapalooza to break the record of most people kissing simultaneously in 10 seconds to celebrate Valentine's Day.
Jessica Mauboy sang "What the World Needs Now Is Love" on Australian Idol in 2006.
American experimental band Mr. Bungle covered the song live at least twice in 2000.
Alec Baldwin sang a part of the song in the episode "Somebody to Love" of 30 Rock while playing a piano, as his soon to be lover CC walked down the stairs at the party which they met.
It was a top 5 song in American Idol season 2 in 2003.
Two versions of the song, one performed by Burt Bacharach himself, were played near the end of the film Austin Powers in Goldmember.
The song was covered by Jad Fair and Daniel Johnston on the album It's Spooky, with revised lyrics, referencing crack houses and Satanism.
Andy Fletcher of Depeche Mode used to play it as the last song for his DJ sets in 2004.
The song was used as the unofficial theme tune of the improvised BBC One drama series True Love (TV series), being played at the beginning of the episode, and at the end when the credits rolled.
In 2010, Connecticut musician Michael Occhionero used the song during the fade out of his song "Hey! Mr.", which includes samples of "Paperback Writer" and "Mr. Tambourine Man".
In 2013 Australia's Got Talent R&B soul singer Leon Lee performed his rendition of the song which received a lot of praises from all judges on the show.
On July 7, 2014, SiriusXM's Ron and Fez show opened with the cast singing the song in a sarcastic manner to support recently fired co-worker, Anthony Cumia who was terminated on allegations of racism.[10]
The cast of Glee covered the song in the sixth episode of their sixth season, "What The World Needs Now". They serenaded characters Santana and Brittany in an attempt to support their upcoming wedding.
Pop Idol winner Will Young covered the song in late 2015 as part of a World Wildlife Foundation Awareness campaign.
On July 27, 2016, an all-star ensemble of Broadway vocalists performed the song at the 2016 Democratic National Convention, as a protest against gun violence.
On March 24, 2017, the song was added and recorded by Missi Hale for the film The Boss Baby.
Quotation[edit]
The song contains the memorable lines:
"What the world needs now is love, sweet love
It's the only thing that there's just too little of..".
The song builds upon the theme of "Stowaway in the Sky", composed in 1960 by Jean Prodromidès for the film of the same title.[11]
References[edit]
Jump up ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits: Eighth Edition. Record Research. p. 174.
Jump up ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-11-30. Retrieved 2009-04-29.
Jump up ^ Burt Bacharach interviewed on the Pop Chronicles (1969)
Jump up ^ Are You Ready For This reissue liner notes
Jump up ^ "Broadway For Orlando — Broadway Records". Broadwayrecords.com. 2016-07-25. Retrieved 2016-09-29.
Jump up ^ Andrew Hamilton. "Tom Clay | Biography & History". AllMusic. Retrieved 2016-09-29.
Jump up ^ "Answers.com – Tom Clay". Answers.com. Retrieved 25 September 2014.
Jump up ^ Whitburn, Joel, Top Pop Singles: 1955–2006, 2007.
Jump up ^ "I JOMFRUENS TEGN : Review". Uncut.dk. Retrieved 25 September 2014.
Jump up ^ "Ron & Fez: Ron Briefly Discusses Anthony's Firing (07/07/14)". YouTube. Retrieved 2016-09-29.
Jump up ^ ""Stowaway in the Sky", by Jean Prodromidès, arranged by Nelson Riddle". YouTube. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
Bibliography[edit]
Platts, Robin (2003) Burt Bacharach & Hal David: What the World Needs Now, Collector's Guide Publishing, ISBN 1-896522-77-7
External links[edit]
Hal David Recollections. Accessed June 2007.
Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics
Songfacts Accessed July 2008
Jackie de Shannon Discography, Accessed July 2008
[hide]
v
t
e
Burt Bacharach
Albums
Hit Maker!: Burt Bacharach plays the Burt Bacharach Hits
Woman
Painted from Memory (with Elvis Costello)
At This Time
Film scores
What's New Pussycat?
After the Fox
Casino Royale
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Lost Horizon
Arthur
Compositions
A-M
"Alfie"
"Another Tear Falls"
"Any Day Now"
"Anyone Who Had a Heart"
"Are You There (With Another Girl)"
"Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)"
"Baby It's You"
"Back at You"
"Blue Guitar"
"Blue on Blue"
"Do You Know the Way to San Jose"
"Don't Make Me Over"
"Don't Say Goodbye Girl"
"Don't You Believe It"
"God Give Me Strength"
"Heartlight "
"A House Is Not a Home"
"I Just Don't Know What to Do with Myself"
"I Say a Little Prayer"
"I Want You"
"I'll Never Fall in Love Again"
"Living Together, Growing Together"
"Long Ago Tomorrow"
"The Look of Love"
"Love Power"
"Magic Moments"
"Make It Easy on Yourself"
"Making Love"
"Message to Michael"
"My Little Red Book"
N-Z
"On My Own"
"One Less Bell to Answer"
"Only Love Can Break a Heart"
"Please Stay"
"Rain on Me"
"Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head"
"Reach Out for Me"
"Slow Jamz"
"The Story of My Life"
"That's What Friends Are For"
"(There's) Always Something There to Remind Me"
"(They Long to Be) Close to You"
"This Guy's in Love with You"
"Three Wheels on My Wagon"
"Tower of Strength"
"Trains and Boats and Planes"
"Turkey Lurkey Time"
"Twenty Four Hours from Tulsa"
"Walk On By"
"What the World Needs Now Is Love"
"What's New Pussycat?"
"The Windows of the World"
"Wishin' and Hopin'"
"Wives and Lovers"
Tribute albums
Connie Francis Sings Bacharach & David
Sings the Music of Bacharach & Kaempfert
Four Bacharach & David Songs
One Amazing Night
To Hal and Bacharach
Back to Bacharach
When Ronan Met Burt (also produced by Bacharach)
Related articles
Back to Bacharach and David
Hal David
The Look of Love (musical)
Promises, Promises (musical)
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=What_the_World_Needs_Now_Is_Love&oldid=813420474"
Categories:
Rick Astley songs
Songs with music by Burt Bacharach
Songs with lyrics by Hal David
1965 singles
Billie Jo Spears songs
Jackie DeShannon songs
RPM Top Singles number-one singles
1965 songs
Imperial Records singles
Motown singles
Hidden categories:
Articles with hAudio microformats
Navigation menu
Personal tools
Not logged in
Talk
Contributions
Create account
Log in
Namespaces
Article
Talk
Variants
Views
Read
Edit
View history
More
Search
Navigation
Main page
Contents
Featured content
Current events
Random article
Donate to Wikipedia
Wikipedia store
Interaction
Help
About Wikipedia
Community portal
Recent changes
Contact page
Tools
What links here
Related changes
Upload file
Special pages
Permanent link
Page information
Wikidata item
Cite this page
Print/export
Create a book
Download as PDF
Printable version
Languages
日本語
Norsk
Русский
ไทย
Edit links
This page was last edited on 3 December 2017, at 16:45.
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Wikipedia® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization.
Privacy policy
About Wikipedia
Disclaimers
Contact Wikipedia
Developers
Cookie statement
Mobile view
Enable previews

values: mw-page-base noprint

values: mw-head-base noprint

values: firstHeading firstHeading en

values: siteSub noprint

values: jump-to-nav mw-jump

attrs: role class

values:
note
hatnote navigation-not-searchable

attrs: alt src width height srcset data-file-width data-file-height

values: width: 33%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top; padding: .2em .1em .2em 0;

values: width: 33%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top; padding:.2em .1em;

values: width: 33%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top; padding: .2em 0 .2em .1em;

values: background: transparent; width: 100%; min-width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse;

values: width:33%; padding:.2em .1em .2em 0; text-align: center;

values: width:33%; padding:.2em .1em; text-align: center;

values: width:33%; padding:.2em 0 .2em .1em; text-align: center;

values:
/wiki/Mighty_Mighty_Bosstones
mw-redirect
Mighty Mighty Bosstones

values: -moz-column-width: 15em; -webkit-column-width: 15em; column-width: 15em; width: 550px

values:
/wiki/Vinyl_record
mw-redirect
Vinyl record

values:
/wiki/Motown_Records
mw-redirect
Motown Records

values:
/wiki/Los_Angeles,_California
mw-redirect
Los Angeles, California

values:
/wiki/Martin_Luther_King,_Jr.
mw-redirect
Martin Luther King, Jr.

values: For the Love of Fred (page does not exist)

values: Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (film)

values:
/wiki/Robert_Kennedy
mw-redirect
Robert Kennedy

values:
/wiki/Jerry_Lewis_MDA_Telethon
mw-redirect
Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon

values:
/wiki/Crack_house
mw-redirect
Crack house

values:
nofollow
external text
http://soulmusic.com/diwaqaseno20.html

values: -moz-column-width: 30em; -webkit-column-width: 30em; column-width: 30em; list-style-type: decimal;

values:
nofollow
external text
http://www.haldavid.com/words.htm

values: Template talk:Burt Bacharach (page does not exist)

values:
Burt_Bacharach
fn
font-size:114%;margin:0 4em

values:
row
navbox-group
width:1%;background: #EEEEEE;

values: Category:Songs with music by Burt Bacharach

values:
/wiki/God_Give_Me_Strength
mw-redirect
God Give Me Strength

values: On My Own (Patti LaBelle and Michael McDonald song)

values: The Story of My Life (Marty Robbins song)

values: nowraplinks vcard collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner

values: Category:RPM Top Singles number-one singles

values: Category:Articles with hAudio microformats

values: Discussion about edits from this IP address [ctrl-alt-n]

values: A list of edits made from this IP address [ctrl-alt-y]

values: You are encouraged to create an account and log in; however, it is not mandatory

values: You're encouraged to log in; however, it's not mandatory. [ctrl-alt-o]

values:
/wiki/What_the_World_Needs_Now_Is_Love
View the content page [ctrl-alt-c]
c

values: Guidance on how to use and edit Wikipedia

values: About the project, what you can do, where to find things

values: A list of recent changes in the wiki [ctrl-alt-r]

values: portal navigation p-interaction p-interaction-label

values: List of all English Wikipedia pages containing links to this page [ctrl-alt-j]

values: Recent changes in pages linked from this page [ctrl-alt-k]

values:
/wiki/Wikipedia:File_Upload_Wizard
Upload files [ctrl-alt-u]
u

values: A list of all special pages [ctrl-alt-q]

values: Permanent link to this revision of the page

values: Link to connected data repository item [ctrl-alt-g]

values: Printable version of this page [ctrl-alt-p]

values:
uls-settings-trigger
Language settings
0
button
true

values: 世界は愛を求めている – Japanese

values: What the World Needs Now Is Love – Norwegian

values: What the World Needs Now Is Love – Russian

values: วอตเดอะเวิลด์นีดส์นาวอีสเลิฟ – Thai

values: /static/images/wikimedia-button-1.5x.png 1.5x, /static/images/wikimedia-button-2x.png 2x

values: /static/images/poweredby_mediawiki_132x47.png 1.5x, /static/images/poweredby_mediawiki_176x62.png 2x

values: mediawiki ltr sitedir-ltr mw-hide-empty-elt ns-0 ns-subject page-What_the_World_Needs_Now_Is_Love rootpage-What_the_World_Needs_Now_Is_Love skin-vector action-view