Nick Martinez gets World Series Game 1 start for Rays: Why Tampa Bay went with unexpected starter
Martinez will face off against Brewers ace Jacob Misiorowski on Friday in Milwaukee…
Nick Martinez: What Happened
CBS Sports reported on Thursday, October 22, 2026 in a story involving Nick Martinez, World Series, Tampa Bay. Here is how the report opens:
Martinez will face off against Brewers ace Jacob Misiorowski on Friday in Milwaukee…
Photos: CBS Sports
It is one of many Baseball stories we are following today. Below are the key takeaways, how the story is being reported across the sport, background on World Series and what to watch next.
Key Takeaways
- The story: Nick Martinez gets World Series Game 1 start for Rays: Why Tampa Bay went with unexpected starter
- Who’s involved: Nick Martinez, World Series, Tampa Bay and Jacob Misiorowski
- League: Baseball
- First reported: Thursday, October 22, 2026 by CBS Sports
Background: World Series
The World Series is the annual championship series of Major League Baseball (MLB), a professional baseball league operating in the United States and Canada, contested between the champion teams of the American League (AL) and the National League (NL). The winning team, determined through a best-of-seven playoff, is declared the champion team of the major leagues (often called "world champions") and awarded the Commissioner's Trophy. The series was first played in 1903, after the American League declared itself the second major-league circuit in the US, to compete with the previously established National League.
The series is traditionally played in October, although sometimes the series is played into November due to the expansion of the MLB postseason.
Text from Wikipedia’s World Series article, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What happened with Nick Martinez?
Martinez will face off against Brewers ace Jacob Misiorowski on Friday in Milwaukee… CBS Sports reported the story on Thursday, October 22, 2026.
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