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	World Series - MSN Encarta
		The World Series is held in October and concludes the major league baseball season.
		The first World Series was held in 1903, when Barney Dreyfuss, owner of the NL champion Pittsburgh Pirates, challenged Henry Killilea, owner of the AL champion Boston Americans (later renamed the Boston Red Sox), to a best-of-nine-games series.
		The 1920 World Series, which matched the Cleveland Indians and the Brooklyn Dodgers (later the Los Angeles Dodgers), became memorable for one of baseball's rarest feats—the unassisted triple play.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761563019/World_Series.html (1218 words)

	World Series
		In baseball, the World Series is the championship series of the North American Major League Baseball, played between the American League and National League champions, after the end of the regular season in October.
		The 1904 Series[?] was supposed to be between the AL's Boston Pilgrims and the NL's New York Giants.
		The Cleveland Indians ruined a possible all-Boston World Series by defeating the Boston Red Sox in a playoff after the two top American League teams were tied at the end of the season.
	www.fastload.org /wo/World_Series.html (3010 words)

	Wikinfo \| World Series (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		In baseball, the World Series is the championship series of Major League Baseball in North America, played in October after the end of the regular season between the pennant winner of the American League and the pennant winner of the National League.
		The Series winner is determined through a best-of-seven playoff (except in 1903, 1919, 1920 and 1921 when the winner was determined through a best-of-nine playoff).
		The term World Series has since been appropriated by other championships, such as the World Series of Poker, the College World Series, the World Series of Birding and the World Series of Martial Arts.
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=World_Series (3281 words)

	1928 World Series by Baseball Almanac
		The perennial World Champions had managed to save-face after a difficult season and once again proved that they were the best-of-the-best.
		The New York Yankees were the first American League team to sweep their senior circuit opponent (1927 World Series) and the first Major League team to sweep two (2) consecutive Fall Classics.
		Did you know that Lou Gehrig was one of sixteen (16) New York Yankees who played in the 1928 World Series, but drove in as many runs by himself as the entire St.
	www.baseball-almanac.com /ws/yr1928ws.shtml (593 words)

	The Highlander
		The 1928 World Series victory against the St. Louis Cardinals was as good as any of the 26.
		The 1926 World Series had a dramatic, pivotal moment when Alexander struck out Tony Lazzeri with the bases loaded and the 1927 Yankees team was the greatest team of all time.
		It may be that for those reasons that the '28 World Series is in the background, except for an occasional reference to Ruth's average and 3 home runs in Game 4.
	www.angelfire.com /ny5/thehighlander/Highlander1page6.htm (757 words)

	The Sporting News: Baseball History of the World Series
		The 1919 World Series was, in fact, not honorably played by every participant, as was disclosed late in the 1920 season when confessions were made.
		A sharp shift in the betting odds shortly before the start of the World Series -- the highly favored White Sox suddenly became underdogs -- aroused curiosity, as did swirling rumors that something might be amiss in certain players' onfield effort.
		Plus, he hit the first Cincinnati batter of the Series, Morrie Rath, with a pitched ball, which supposedly was the signal to bettors that the fix was on.
	tsn.sportingnews.com /archives/worldseries/1919.html (711 words)

	World Series \| BaseballLibrary.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The first World Series, in 1903, was a best-of-nine affair arranged by the winners of the NL and the AL and won by the AL's Boston Pilgrims in a 5-3 upset over the Pittsburgh Pirates.
		The 1917 Series was memorable for Giants third baseman Heinie Zimmerman's futile chase to home plate of Eddie Collins as the White Sox took the lead in the Series clincher; neither catcher Lew McCarty nor pitcher Rube Benton covered home.
		The Yankees appeared in their last World Series for the next 12 years in 1964 and lost to the Cardinals, led by Bob Gibson.
	www.baseballlibrary.com /baseballlibrary/ballplayers/S/Series_World.stm (12194 words)

	World Series Game Baseball History, History Of The World Series Games.
		Before the birth of the World Series in 1903, there were other postseason championships that took place as early as 1884.
		The first World Series, in 1903, was a best-of-nine affair arranged between the champions of the older National League (founded in 1876) and the American League.
		Identical to the ball used during the 2005 world series.
	www.americansportscollectibles.com /world-series-baseball-history.html (836 words)

	From Babe to Reggie, Some Yankee Series Memories (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		From the 33 previous World Series involving the Yankees, here are some of the golden moments most easily recalled, along with some of the nuggets from the shadows.
		The first Yankee World Series was the first to be played entirely in one ball park, the Polo Grounds, owned by the Giants and rented by the Yankees, who won the first two games by 3-0 scores.
		In a series that the Yankees would rather forget -- one that saw Johnny Bench go 8 for 15 (.533) for Cincinnati -- there was this unforgettable moment in Game 3 that underscored the disarming of the Bronx Bombers: Jim Mason, a defensive replacement at shortstop, homered in the seventh.
	www.nytimes.com /specials/baseball/1018-series-history.html (2403 words)

	The Sporting News: Baseball History of the World Series
		The Yankees entered the World Series against the St. Louis Cardinals not only with wounded pride over their runaway-turned-close pennant call but also with wounded personnel.
		Ruth set a Series record with a.625 average and set a four-game Series mark with 10 hits; Gehrig, who hit.545, knocked in a record nine runs for a four-game fall classic.
		For the Yankees, the World Series was expiation for their late-season decline.
	www.sportingnews.com /archives/worldseries/1928.html (762 words)

	The World Series — Infoplease.com
		The World Series began in 1903 when Pittsburgh of the older National League (founded in 1876) invited Boston of the American League (founded in 1901) to play a best-of-9 game series to determine which of the two league champions was the best.
		After surviving two world wars and an earthquake in 1989, the World Series was cancelled for only the second time in 1994 due to the players' strike.
		World Series - The World Series The World Series began in 1903 when Pittsburgh of the older National League...
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	The Ballpark Guys Test of World Series Knowledge
		Reggie Jackson is the lifetime World Series slugging percentage leader with a mark of.755, including a staggering.890 in three series with the Yankees.
		Such was the case in the 1959 World Series, when the Los Angeles Dodgers' Chuck Essegian carved his name in the World Series record book by clubbing an unprecedented two pinch-hit homers in the Dodgers' first-ever Los Angeles World Series win.
		The first time a manager won the World Series in both leagues, he opposed a manager in the series who had also won a World Series in the other league and was trying to accomplish the same feat.
	www.ballparkguys.com /trivia/BG_Series_Test.htm (1451 words)

	King Of The Sweeps \| BaseballLibrary.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		A World Series sweep is an exceptional incident.
		In the history of Major League Baseball, there have been seventeen World Series in which the losing team did not win any games: 1907, 1914, 1922, 1927, 1928, 1932, 1938, 1939, 1950, 1954, 1963, 1966, 1976, 1989, 1990, 1998, and 1999.
		Moore and Pennock were both also members of the 1928 Yankees Championship teams that swept - however, they did not appear in any of the four games of the 1928 World Series.
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	'99 world series Game 4
		Roger Clemens put the finishing touches on a 25th World Series title, shutting down the Atlanta Braves until the eighth inning as the Yankees completed a four-game sweep with a 4-1 victory.
		The 25 World Series titles dwarfs the nine won by the St. Louis Cardinals, who are second on the list, and are the most championships in professional sports history.
		Meanwhile, the Braves tied a record for World Series futility with their eighth straight defeat, done previously by the Philadelphia Phillies (1915, 1950) and the Yankees (1921-23).
	members.tripod.com /goyankees/99_world_series_game_4.htm (981 words)

	2004 World Series - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		It was the first World Series game-opening homer since Derek Jeter of the New York Yankees in the 2000 World Series against the New York Mets.
		In a somewhat fitting coincidence, their World Series victory came 18 years to the day (October 27) after their loss to the New York Mets in the 1986 World Series, and on the night of a lunar eclipse.
		This was the first World Series since 1999 that featured no expansion teams, the longest such streak in MLB history.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/2004_World_Series (4137 words)

	1928 World Series Highlights
		The Pirates were swept by the Yankees in the 1927 Series.
		Louis was meandering along at 10-11 and in fifth place after splitting a doubleheader with the Brooklyn Dodgers on May 6 at Sportsman's Park.
		Louis' opposition in the World Series once again were Miller Huggins' Yankees.
	www.cardinalshistory.com /1928.htm (1181 words)

	ESPN.com - MLB Playoffs 2002 - Baker's Dozen: 13 who shined in the Series (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		In the deciding game of the 1909 World Series, that is just what he did -- twice -- against Pirates rookie Babe Adams, who threw a six-hit shutout at the Tigers for his third win of the Series.
		When the Cardinals again met the Yankees in the 1928 World Series, he was barely a participant.
		Subtracting his 1972 World Series, he hit.109 in 91 at bats with five runs scored, five RBI and two doubles.
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	Baseball Almanac - World Series Menu
		The inaugural World Series of 1903 was a resounding success and represented the first step in healing the bruised egos of both the veteran National and fledgling American Leagues.
		Pittsburgh and Boston went head-to-head for eight games proving that great baseball between the two leagues was possible and that a merger would benefit the growth of the sport.
		Surprisingly, Brush regretted the decision and later that year proposed to continue with the series as originally conceived.
	www.scrabaseball.com /worldseries.htm (231 words)

	1928 World Series - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In the 1928 World Series, the New York Yankees swept the St.
		Babe Ruth hit.625 (10 for 16) as the Yankees demolished their opponents by a combined score of 27 to 10.
		Bill McKechnie became the second manager to lead two different teams to the World Series, and like Pat Moran, he won one and lost one.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/1928_World_Series (673 words)

	Yankee Player Photo Template
		Miller Huggins was the "Mighty Mite" who managed the Yankees to dominance in the 1920s, winning six pennants in eight years and three World Series titles, the first three in franchise history.
		His death late in the 1929 season was one of the saddest days in franchise history, and the viewing of his casket at Yankee Stadium drew tens of thousands of fans.
		Although as St. Louis's manager until 1917 he didn't find any substantial success (they never finished higher than 3rd), he was able to build on his experience as the manager of a budding New York Yankee team beginning in 1918.
	www.ultimateyankees.com /millerhugginsphotos.htm (488 words)

	World Series Almanac : 1928 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		he Yankees, once again after winning their third successive AL title against the Athletics made another World Series appearance where St. Louis Cardinals were waiting for them.
		The Crdinals were ready to repeat the 1926 contest when they defeated the Yankees by 4-3.
		The Cardinals seized their first lead of the Series with two runs in the first inning of the Game 3.
	www.worldseries-almanac.com /1928_worldseries.html (214 words)

	World Series Almanac : 1937 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Not only this, the National League's Giants also retrieved to contend in the Fall Classic championship against their cross-town rivals.
		Mel Ott hit a long two-run in the third inning, but the Yankees scored twice in the fifth inning to take a 4-2 Series culminating triumph.
		The Yankees ace Joe DeMaggio also hit 4 RBIs and Mel Ott permitted 3 RBIs in the Series.
	www.worldseries-almanac.com /1937_worldseries.html (224 words)

	SABR :\|\| SABR-Zine \| The Record for the Longest CGOBS Streak in World Series Play
		The player who emerged with the new World Series CGOBS streak record was Babe Ruth of the New York Yankees.
		Thus, after the Yankees 1928 sweep of St. Louis, The Bambino had a World Series CGOBS streak of 13.
		Thus, Ruth’s World Series 17 CGOBS streak was frozen.
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	People's Weekly World - Baseball fans of Chicago unite!
		Four consecutive complete-game victories in one postseason series has not occurred since the 1928 World Series.
		Guillen is Venezuelan-born and before the series, Chavez had congratulated Guillen for the Sox division win.
		They are the underdog and encompass the neighborhood.” Mogelberg said she belongs to a Sox family and plans to watch the World Series with her 7-year-old daughter.
	www.pww.org /article/articleprint/7933 (530 words)

	The Sporting News: Baseball History of the World Series
		The World Series is Christy Mathewson tossing three shutouts in six days.
		The Series is catcher Mickey Owen missing connections with a third strike.
		The Series is Don Larsen, the imperfect man, pitching perfectly.
	tsn.sportingnews.com /archives/worldseries (231 words)

	Chris's World Series Page
		This page tells how the World Series originated and it shows every World Series winner, loser, and how the series went from 1903 to present.
		The World Series began in 1903 when Pittsburgh of the older National League(founded in 1876) invited Boston of the American League(founded in 1901) to play a best-of-9 game series to determine which of the two league champions was the best.
		After surviving two World Wars and a earthquake in 1989, the World Series was cancelled only the second time in 1994 when players went on strike on Aug. 12 to protest the owners' call for revenue sharing and a salary cap.
	www.psci.net /~jgotribe/worldseries.html (242 words)

	World Series Champions
		Appearing in their first World Series in over 40 years, against a team that had never appeared in the World Series, the Chicago White Sox swept away the Houston Astros to win their first championship in 88 years.
		This is a list of all the Temple Cup, Chronicle-Telegraph Cup, and World Series Champions since 1884.
		The following is a list of each franchise's World Series record since 1903, including the years in which they were crowned champions.
	www.angelfire.com /wi/fishbert/champs.html (183 words)

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		The city celebrated the Subway Series with a ticker-tape parade that was held on Monday, October 30th, 2000.
		All New Yorkers were invited to view the festivities as the first championship team of the new millennium made their way up the Canyon of Heroes.
		On October 17th, 24 hours 38 minutes after the Mets secured their spot in the Subway Series, the Yankees, behind a dramatic 3-run home run by David Justice, won their 37th American League pennant and a trip to their 14th Subway Series.
	www.nyc.gov /html/sports/html/yankees-worldseries.html (486 words)

	1928 World Series Game 4 Box Score
		The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 9, 1928 at Sportsman's Park III.
		The New York Yankees defeated the St. Louis Cardinals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
		The player names and pitcher names in the box score above can be clicked and their comprehensive single season & career statistics will be shown.
	www.baseball-almanac.com /box-scores/boxscore.php?boxid=192810090SLN (367 words)

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