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The World Series is the annual championship series of Major League Baseball (MLB) and concludes the MLB postseason.First played in 1903, [1] the World Series championship is a best-of-seven playoff and is a contest between the champions of baseball's National League (NL) and American League (AL). [2]
The World Series. Dial Press. The New York Times (1980). The Complete Book of Baseball: A Scrapbook History. Sporting News, Baseball Record Book and Baseball Guide, published annually since ca. 1941. Lansch, Jerry (1991). Glory Fades Away: The Nineteenth Century World Series Rediscovered. Taylor Publishing. ISBN 0-87833-726-1.
The Los Angeles Dodgers, however, won three of the next four games and captured their first World Series championship since moving to the west coast in 1958. 92,706 fans witnessed Game 5 of the World Series at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, the most ever to attend a World Series game, or for that matter any non-exhibition major league ...
The Blue Jays won the World Series in 1992 and 1993, the first and still the only club from outside the United States to do so. After the 2004 season, Major League Baseball relocated the Expos to Washington, D.C., where the team is now known as the Nationals. [97] Sadaharu Oh managing the Japan national team in the 2006 World Baseball Classic.
The postseason began with Game 1 of the 16th World Series, known for the infamous Black Sox Scandal, on October 1 and ended with Game 8 on October 9. The Cincinnati Reds defeated the Chicago White Sox , five games to three, capturing their first championship in franchise history.
It was exactly 64 years ago that the first baseball But one of the biggest advancements in the game's history took place on this day in 1951. 64 years ago today, the 1st MLB game was broadcast in ...
The 1909 World Series was the championship series in Major League Baseball for the 1909 season. The sixth edition of the World Series, it featured the National League champion Pittsburgh Pirates [ a ] against the American League champion Detroit Tigers .
The franchise, now known as the Chicago White Sox, made its first World Series appearance in 1906, beating the crosstown Cubs in six games. [ 9 ] The White Sox won a third pennant and a second World Series in 1917 , beating the New York Giants in six games with help from stars Eddie Cicotte and "Shoeless" Joe Jackson . [ 10 ]