1974 Major League Baseball season 1974 Major League Baseball season The 1974 Major League Baseball season. The Oakland Athletics won their third consecutive World Series, defeating the Los Angeles Dodgers four games to one. Two notable personal milestones were achieved during the 1974 season. The first came on April 8, when Hank Aaron of the Atlanta Braves blasted his 715th career home run, breaking the all-time career home run mark of 714 set by Babe Ruth. Aaron would finish his career with 755 home runs, a record that would stand until Barry Bonds broke it in 2007. The second milestone came on September 10, when
Washington, D.C. Major League Rugby team Washington, D.C. Major League Rugby team The DC MLR team is a professional rugby union team to be based in Washington, D.C. as a part of Major League Rugby (MLR) in 2020. The team is spearheaded by former USA Eagles Paul Sheehy and Chris Dunlavey. The team has not yet announced its head coach nor its home stadium. Major League Rugby announced on May 15, 2018 that they will have an expansion team in Washington, D.C. that would start no later than 2020. MLR then announced in November 2018 that the DC team would begin play in MLR in 2020.