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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.
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 World Chess Championship - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Vladimir Kramnik is World Champion by natural succession (having defeated the last undisputed World Champion Garry Kasparov in a match, and not having lost a match since), while Veselin Topalov is the official FIDE World Champion, having won the FIDE World Chess Championship 2005.
In May 2002, under the terms of the so-called "Prague Agreement" masterminded by Yasser Seirawan, several leaders in the chess world met in Prague and signed a unity agreement which intended to ensure the crowning of an undisputed world champion before the end of 2003, and restore the traditional cycle of qualifying matches by 2005.
Instead it was suggested that Kasparov play the winner of the FIDE World Chess Championship 2004, a knockout event held in June–July 2004 in Tripoli, the capital of Libya, a controversial event in a controversial venue which saw several prominent players denied entry visas (officially or not) and others withdrawing in protest.
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 1937 World Series - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The 1937 World Series featured the defending champion New York Yankees and the New York Giants in a rematch of the 1936 Series.
The Yankees won the Series in five games for their second championship in a row and their sixth in 15 years.
The New York Yankees won their sixth World Series, breaking a tie they shared with the Boston Red Sox and Philadelphia Athletics for most championships (who each had five).
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 1992 World Series - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The 1992 World Series was the first Series ever played outside of the United States of America.
Cone got two hits, only the second and third hits by AL pitchers in the Series since 1979, and pitched well, but he left the game trailing 3-2 and was replaced by David Wells.
Bobby Brown presented the World Series Trophy in the place of the commissioner.
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 Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : 1937   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-21)
November 5 - World War II: In the Reich Chancellery, Adolf Hitler holds a secret meeting and states his plans for acquiring "living space" for the German people.
December 3 - The Dandy, the world's longest running comic, was first published.
A Presidential Commission (made up the Irish Chief Justice, the Speaker of Dáil Éireann and the President of the High Court) assumes the powers of the new presidency of Ireland pending the election of the first president in June 1938.
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 World Series | BaseballLibrary.com
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.
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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) and is awarded the World Series Trophy.
The 2004 World Series was played from October 23 until October 27, between the National League champion St. Louis Cardinals and the American League champion the Boston Red Sox.
Eight Chicago players conspired with gamblers to lose the Series, and were led to apprehension and permanent suspension from the league, despite being heavy favorites at the conclusion of the regular season.
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 The World Series
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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 Auto World - Encyclopedia FunTrivia
The upshot of all this is, by 1937, the Hansa company changed its name to Borgward, due to the Henry Ford-like thinking of Borgward himself, and a new German brand was born.
Jaguar is giving serious consideration to reviving the marque's name in a super-luxury car range.
The Tucker Torpedo was an odd bird in the post-war world of the late 40s.
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 1937 World Series by Baseball Almanac
Game 1 echoed the previous Series opener with the Giants on top 1-0 going into the sixth, but before the inning concluded, the Yankees struck for seven runs on their way to a six-hit, 8-1 victory for Gomez.
In the ninth inning, the last he would pitch in a Series, he allowed a homerun to Lou Gehrig, the last he would hit in a Series.
The back-to-back titleists had won their sixth World Series championship, (breaking the mark they had shared with the Philadelphia Athletics) and they were only getting started.
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 37REPORTS   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-21)
A large, capacity crowd was on hand to see the record breaking Lancaster Resolutes with their 119 wins host the Chicago Whales representing the National League again after winning it all in 1935.
Game 2 is scheduled for later today, but a fireworks show is planned prior to and after this World Series contest.
With Lazzeri possibly out for the series, Chicago can only replace him with little used, little production Flea Clifton a very big blow to the NL champs, but the Whales have battled all year and I'm sure they will continue to do so in this series.
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 Major League Baseball : History : World Series Overview
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.
But the league presidents smoothed out their differences, and the Series resumed in 1905, when the Giants agreed to play Philadelphia in a best-of-7 game series.
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 Rare Sports Films - Vintage Baseball Video Sports Auto Racing Events
World Series Yankees vs Braves (First World Series filmed in color) plus Pre-World Series TV special with Mel Allen!
World Series Pirates vs Yankees plus 1960 Pirates regular season highlights (color).
World Series Dodgers vs Twins, all 7 games plus Leo Durocher's scouting report.
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 World Series Almanac : 1937   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-21)
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.
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 baseball world series   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-21)
Every sport has their pinnacle trophy, but none is as coveted as baseball's World Series; a best of seven contest that celebrates our national pastime.
Over the last century, the World Series has been woven into the fabric of America's culture evolving far beyond a mere baseball tournament.
The World Series is the crushing blow of Fred Snodgrass dropping a routine fly ball and Willie McCovey hitting the final out straight to Bobby Richardson.
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 Rare Sports Films - Vintage Baseball Video Sports Auto Racing Events
After this 10-minute segment, a piece specifically on the 1937 Yankees is included, showing Yankee Spring Training in more detail and including a brief look at the 1937 World Series.
Next is the major part of the 1937 World Series, including pre-game closeups of the managers, celebrities and the two ballparks.
The final segment of this video is a 1953 interview with one of the stars of the 1930's Yankee ballclubs and especially the 1937 World Series, Lefty Gomez.
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 Subway Series
Since the inception of the modern-day World Series in 1903, the Fall Classic has been played within the borders of New York City a total of 14 times.
Technically, the first two all-NYC series, in 1921 and 1922, were not Subway Series because the Yankees and Giants shared the same ballpark — the Polo Grounds in upper Mahnattan.
Baseball’s relatively new three-tier playoff system makes it a bit more difficult for teams to make it to the World Series, and while the Yankees advanced to the capture their 25th championship, the Mets fell in the NLCS to the pennant-winning Atlanta Braves.
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The modern World Series Ramapo College were making their World Series debut and many Red Sox last night won the 100th World game series pitting the National League champion versus Series tickets at Rosenblatt Stadium in Omaha.
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 Bet 2005 World Series - 2005 World Series Betting Odds, Baseball Betting Online
The Yankees and Giants met for a rematch of the 1936 World Series, and again the Bronx Bombers were rated as heavy favorites, paced by future Hall of Famers Lou Gehrig and Joe DiMaggio.
The World Series shifted to the Polo Grounds the next day for Game 3, not that it did the Giants any good.
The Giants' survival was short-lived, however, as Gomez took the hill in Game 5 and limited the home club to two runs despite allowing 10 hits.
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 timeline 1930s page of ULTIMATE SCIENCE FICTION WEB GUIDE
In the Mundane world: America was gripped by the Great Depression; Socialism declared the Death of Capitalism; Hitler rose to power; there was the Spanish Civil War, the Japanese invasion of China, and soon the start of World War II.
But all of this drove technology forward: Radio was now the dominant mass medium in the so-called civilized world; the first commercial intercontental airline flights began.
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Willabee Ward 1937 World Series Patch Yankees Giants
Willabee Ward NY Yankees 1937 World Series Patch
1937 Yankees World Series Pennant - 2004 UD Yankees
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 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.
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 Joe DiMaggio | The BASEBALL Page
He was a winner: playing on ten pennant winners and failing to win the World Series just once in those ten tries.
Oh yes...and he also posted his 56-game hitting streak and led the Yankees to a World Series title.
In 1937 he lost the honor to Detroit's Charlie Gehringer by four votes.
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 Harry Danning, 1930s Baseball Star
His first year in the majors was 1933, a good year for the Giants, who won the World Series.
The opportunity came in the 1936 and 1937 World Series, when he got 3 hits.
Indeed, only two of the 25 players from the 1937 team survive, Danning said.
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 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.
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An attempt to maintain a third major league ended in failurein 1915 with the dissolution of the Federal League, organized in1913.
In 1920 theNegro National League was formed, and in 1921 the Negro EasternLeague; from 1924 to 1932 they played an annual world series.
During the World Series of 1919 between the Chicago WhiteSox of the American League and the Cincinnati Reds of the NationalLeague, eight Chicago players conspired with gamblers to bring aboutthe defeat of their own team.
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