The Giants will roll with Madison Bumgarner for Game 2 of the World Series.

Baseball players are notoriously streaky individuals. Let's take a look at the players we'll see in the World Series, and how their seasons came together.

The World Series is nothing new for the Detroit Tigers. When Ty Cobb ruled the American League, the Tigers played in three straight World Series, 1907 through 1909 ... and lost all three. Ancient...

Some players ride high into the World Series only to crash, while others rise from the ashes of the first two rounds.

The Detroit Tigers punched their World Series ticket four days before the San Francisco Giants punched theirs, which gave the Tigers plenty of time to set their pitching rotation. But historically speaking, what has this presumed advantage meant?

The Tigers have five full days off before the World Series begins. So they've worked up a couple of games against players from their system.