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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]
Major League Baseball is the oldest of North America's major professional sports organizations, with roots dating back to the 1870s. The final series to determine its champion has been called the "World Series" (originally "World's Championship Series" and then "World's Series") as far back as the National League's contests with the American Association starting at the beginning of the 1880s.
The 1903 World Series was the first modern World Series to be played in Major League Baseball.It matched the American League (AL) champion Boston Americans against the National League (NL) champion Pittsburgh Pirates [note 2] in a best-of-nine series, with Boston prevailing five games to three, winning the last four.
No team has ever made the World Series after a 100-loss season, but the Diamondbacks and Rangers join the 1914 Boston Braves, 1967 Boston Red Sox, 1969 New York Mets and 2008 Tampa Bay Rays as the ...
On this day in 1903, the World Series was born. Game 1 of the eight-game series took place at Huffington Avenue Baseball Grounds, as the Boston Americans hosted the Pittsburg Pirates. Pittsburg ...
The 1983 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 1983 season. The 80th edition of the World Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff played between the American League champion Baltimore Orioles and the National League champion Philadelphia Phillies .
Their new home would host the Yankees' first of 11 Subway World Series victories that year and first of an unprecedented 37 World Series until the stadium closed in 2008. [ 4 ] The venues for the 1923, 1936, 1937, and 1951 World Series—the Polo Grounds and the old Yankee Stadium —were a short walk apart across the Macombs Dam Bridge over ...
The 1943 World Series was the championship series in Major League Baseball for the 1943 season. The 40th edition of the World Series, it matched the defending champion St. Louis Cardinals against the New York Yankees in a rematch of the 1942 World Series .