where is the world series 2012 being played?
The Gashouse Gang: How Dizzy Dean, Leo Durocher, Branch Rickey, Pepper Martin, and Their Colorful, Come-from-Behind Ball Club Won the World Series - and America's Heart - During the Great Depression
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 On September 11 , Baseball Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis met with representatives from four of the top teams in each of the two major leagues . The group gave home field to the AL for World Series Games 1 & 2 ( scheduled for October 2 & 3 ) and 6 & 7 , while the NL would host Games 3 – 5 . Each game was to start at 1 : 30 PM local time . 

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 The series began on October 27 . As the AL won the 2015 All @-@ Star Game , the Royals had home field advantage for the series . 

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 On September 26 , 2011 , the day after the teams ' final meeting of the season , the National Hockey League formally announced that the rivalry would be played out at Citizens Bank Park during the offseason at the 2012 NHL Winter Classic on January 2 , saying it would be a showdown between the teams ' hockey counterparts , the New York Rangers and the Philadelphia Flyers . Shane Victorino attended the game , which the Rangers came from behind to win , 3 – 2 , which MLB.com said that " just like the Mets – Phillies rivalry , being able to come back and steal a game on the road was quite sweet , " and said of the rivalry being played out : " What better rivalry than this ? Both these teams , they 're in first place ( in the Atlantic Division ) . I 'm excited to see it . " 

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 Before the start of the 2012 season , MLB altered its rules to double the number of wild card teams admitted into the playoffs to two per league . The playoff expansion resulted in the addition of annual one @-@ game playoffs between the wild card teams in each league . 

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 In 2008 , MLB played the MLB China Series in the People 's Republic of China . It was a series of two spring @-@ training games between the San Diego Padres and Los Angeles Dodgers . The games were an effort to popularize baseball in China . 
