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	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.
		Of course major league teams do not consist entirely of US nationals, and the famed Cuban team (which was beaten by the Americans in 2000) has defeated Major League teams in some confrontations.
		The 1904 Series[?] was supposed to be between the AL's Boston Pilgrims and the NL's New York Giants.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/wo/World_Series.html (2962 words)

	World Series - Printer-friendly - MSN Encarta
		The first contests resembling the World Series were held during the 1880s, when the leading baseball clubs of the two major leagues—the National League and the American Association—agreed to play in exhibition games following their regular seasons.
		The American League was founded in 1901 and became the chief rival of the National League.
		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.
	encarta.msn.com /text_761563019___0/World_Series.html (2068 words)

	American League - BaseballWiki - A Wikia wiki (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		With the demise of the American Association after the 1891 season, the National League expanded to become a 12-team circuit with monopoly status for the rest of the decade.
		The American League consisted of the same eight teams from 1903 through 1954, when the St. Louis Browns moved to Baltimore and were rechristened the Baltimore Orioles.
		The league adopted the designated hitter (or "DH") rule in 1973 whereby a team may choose to designate a tenth player (not a position player) to bat in place of the pitcher.
	baseball.wikia.com /wiki/American_League (1419 words)

	American League Championship Series - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In Major League Baseball, the American League Championship Series (ALCS), played in October, is a playoff round that determines the winner of the American League pennant.
		The winner of the series advances to play the winner of the National League Championship Series in baseball's championship, the World Series.
		In 1994, the league was restructured into three divisions, with the three division winners and a wild-card team advancing to a best-of-five playoff round, known as the American League Division Series or ALDS.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/American_League_Championship_Series (1073 words)

	World Series - MSN Encarta
		The series extended to the seventh game, when Pirates second baseman Bill Mazeroski hit a game-winning home run at the end of the ninth inning, to give Pittsburgh its first championship since 1925.
		In 1995 the Atlanta Braves won the series, their only victory in five World Series appearances during the decade.
		For the second year in a row the American League team swept the National League representative in four games, with the White Sox defeating the Houston Astros, a team participating in its first Fall Classic.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761563019_2/World_Series.html (902 words)

	1973 World Series by Baseball Almanac
		The pitcher had even added a third inning double which was made even more impressive by the fact that American League pitchers didn't bat during the '73 regular season because of the introduction of the new designated-hitter rule.
		In the end, it was a 5-2 victory and a second consecutive championship crown for the defending American Leaguers.
		The designated hitter rule took affect in the American League during the 1973 season, but was not used in a championship until the 1976 World Series.
	baseball-almanac.com /ws/yr1973ws.shtml (865 words)

	American Heroes
		Hal McRae was traded to the Kansas City Royals in 1973 and became one of the AL's premier designated-hitters.
		In 1970, he pitched 280 innings, 1973 256 innings, 1974 274 innings and 1975 277 innings.
		He was traded to the Atlanta Braves in 1973 and went 15-10, in 1974 he was 16-12, and 1975 - 17-16.
	www.baseballhistorian.com /html/american_heroes.cfm?page=101 (888 words)

	George Steinbrenner Summary
		However, since he was unable to raise $250,000 and the American Basketball League was threatening to sue the NBA because of the shift, the deal collapsed on July 30.
		It would be the first of many high-profile departures with employees who crossed paths with "The Boss." At the conclusion of the 1973 season, two more prominent names departed: manager Ralph Houk, who resigned and then signed to manage the Detroit Tigers; and general manager Lee MacPhail, who became president of the American League.
		The 1973 offseason would prove to be controversial when Steinbrenner and Paul sought to hire former Oakland Athletics manager Dick Williams, who had resigned immediately after leading the team to its second straight World Series title.
	www.bookrags.com /George_Steinbrenner (4826 words)

	National League - BaseballWiki - A Wikia wiki (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		The National League was formed in 1876 when six of the strongest teams of the National Association withdrew from that organization (effectively killing it) to form a new league with stronger executive authority.
		The National League and American Association participated in an early version of the World Series seven times during their ten-year coexistence, though the series were only exhibition games arranged by the teams involved.
		In 1998, the Arizona Diamondbacks became the league's fifteenth franchise, and the Milwaukee Brewers moved from the American League to the National, to make the National League the 16-team league it is today.
	baseball.wikia.com /wiki/National_League (1728 words)

	Bert Campaneris - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		He led the league in putouts three times, and ended his career among the major league leaders in games (5th, 2097) and double plays (7th, 1186) at his position.
		Also in 1965, Campaneris led Kansas City in batting average (.270), and led the league in triples (12) and stolen bases (51), the latter mark being the highest total by an Athletic since Eddie Collins stole 58 in 1914.
		When the A's moved to Oakland in 1968, he had perhaps his finest year, leading the league in hits (177), steals (62), and at bats (642); the last mark was an Oakland record until Johnny Damon broke it in 2001.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bert_Campaneris (1033 words)

	Major League Baseball - CBS SportsLine.com
		The American League is enjoying an extended period of ultra-violet rays and warmth, of rolling around in the sun and contentedly scratching itself in the backyard grass...
		American League clubs have won three of the past four World Series and six of the past eight.
		You can argue that the two leagues are playing the same game, but the truth of it is, the AL is doing it up in the penthouse suite while the NL is bumping into walls in the darkness of the basement.
	www.sportsline.com /mlb/story/9345798 (1974 words)

	The Sporting News: Baseball History of the World Series
		It's not that the 1904 Giants, National League champions by 13 games, had quaked in their cleats over thoughts of a Series date with the Boston Red Sox, repeat titleists 'in the American League.
		With the public expressing its indignation over the Giants' "thanks, but no thanks" Series attitude of the previous season, Brush, McGraw and company were ready to take on the American League champion Philadelphia Athletics after an NL race in which the Giants won 105 games.
		The Series also was noteworthy because the Giants concentrated on scuttling the opposition instead of the event itself.
	tsn.sportingnews.com /archives/worldseries/1905.html (743 words)

	Baseball Prospectus \| Articles \| You Could Look It Up: Why Baseball Is Obligated to Throw the Book at Delmon Young
		The National League did not maintain a coherent year-to-year umpiring staff until much later, and the NL's umpiring ranks were subject to high turnover, and were often the victims of blatant disrespect from the league office.
		Eventually, things began to get better as the American League grew in popularity, and the National League owners were forced to concede that their style of play had generated the wrong image for the sport.
		Bert Campaneris threw his bat after being hit in Game Two of the 1973 American League Championship Series; he was suspended for the remainder of the ALCS (but not the World Series), and for the first seven games of the 1974 season.
	www.baseballprospectus.com /article.php?articleid=5027 (2537 words)

	Cincinnati Reds Championship Teams
		While it is widely thought that the Reds are the oldest professional baseball team in the majors, this is regrettably not the case.
		The Reds had won 1 American Association pennant and finished second in the standings during the 1885 and 1887 seasons.
		And in 1973 the Reds lost in the National League Championship Series to the Mets.
	www.redshistory.com /Championships/Home.htm (938 words)

	ESPN.com - Major League Baseball - Third basemen
		Rather, it would be his two home runs in the '11 World Series that resulted in him being forever after known simply as "Home Run." In Game 2, Baker slugged a two-run homer in the sixth inning that provided the winning margin in the Philadelphia Athletics' 3-1 victory over the New York Giants.
		Part of Philadelphia's famed "$100,000 Infield," Baker helped lead the A's to four American League pennants in five years, and in the early '20s he teamed with Ruth on two of the Yankees' pennant-winning clubs.
		Robinson hit.429 in the Series, but it was his amazing defensive work that got him Series MVP honors.
	espn.go.com /mlb/century/thirdbase.html (1270 words)

	1973 AL Stargell Award
		Reggie spent his prime in an era in which no one in the American League was hitting home runs; he also spent them in a park that was great for pitchers and bad for hitters.
		But he was the American League's greatest power hitter for a decade; he also knew how to get on base, run the basepaths, and score runs.
		Jackson was the best hitter in the American League this year; I think he was the best outfielder in the league.
	venus.lunarpages.com /~double2/History/400Pages/al1973.html (489 words)

	The Seventies: The city proudly wears its crown
		There were six division championships, two National League pennants and two World Series wins for the Pirates in the 1970s.
		And when the team faltered midway through the 1973 season, the call went out to Dave Parker, who won two batting titles and a Most Valuable Player award during the decade and for a time was considered the best player in baseball.
		The Orioles had represented the American League in the previous two World Series and had won the year before.
	www.post-gazette.com /pirates/200009291970bucs3.asp (1098 words)

	Anaheim Angels (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Kennedy's third homer was a three-run blast in the seventh inning and gave the Angels the lead as they went on to win their first American League pennant.
		The Los Angeles Angels were the first American League team in California, and the third California team, after the Dodgers and Giants.
		The Angels won their first post-season series on October 5, 2002, when they defeated the New York Yankees 9-5 to win the American League Division Series, three games to one.
	www.baseballhalloffame.org /teams/AL/angels.htm (900 words)

	Designated Hitter Rule in the World Series - Baseball
		In the National League, managers are frequently faced with the need to decide whether it is more important to pinch hit a better batter for the pitcher when the pitcher's at bat comes at a crucial point in the game.
		There is definitely an impact on the World Series because generally only one of the two teams is carrying a person on their roster that is extremely well suited to the position.
		Since the American League won the All Star game this year, they will host the first two games and the last two games, assuming all seven are played.
	www.bellaonline.com /ArticlesP/art25441.asp (506 words)

	Luckiest Fans On The Face Of This Earth by Michael Aubrecht
		In 1884, the Providence Grays of the National League outplayed the New York Metropolitan Club of the American Association in a three-game series for what was originally called "The Championship of the United States." Several newspapers penned the Grays as "World Champions" and the new title stuck.
		The American Association folded unexpectedly after the 1891 season forcing a suspension of the series.
		More changes were on the horizon and in 1901 the American League was established, much to the dismay of the senior circuit.
	www.angelfire.com /ny5/pinstripepress/YWS3.htm (439 words)

	Baseball America - 2003 College World Series Magic Moments
		Future major leaguers Rich Dauer, Fred Lynn and Roy Smalley led a Trojans lineup that set an NCAA record with 62 home runs in the final year wood bats were used in college.
		Facing Alabama in the championship game, however, Texas was forced to turn to its third starter, a hard-throwing righthander who finished the season with the lowest ERA of the Longhorns' four starting pitchers: Roger Clemens.
		When the dust cleared--35 runs, 39 hits, and eight home runs after the 1998 College World Series championship game started--a new champion was crowned, 52 records were broken or tied, and the need for change in college baseball was evident.
	www.baseballamerica.com /today/leagues/NCAA/03cws_mm1.html (3889 words)

	Minor League Baseball: History: Top 100 Teams (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		In 1931, the American Association Columbus franchise joined Rochester of the International League as the top farm teams of the St. Louis Cardinals, riding the wave of the future.
		He was a fixture in the American Association for 11 years (1926-36) six with St. Paul and six with Columbus, sandwiched around a brief 1932 stint with the White Sox (.250 in six games).
		During its last years in the American Association and in its tenure in the International League, Columbus won several more titles, including three in a row from 1941-43 and a pennant in 1992 with a top 100 team.
	www.minorleaguebaseball.com /app/milb/history/top100.jsp?idx=43 (3786 words)

	Sporting News: Baseball History of the World Series
		Manager Yogi Berra's Mets had won the National League pennant in a fiercely contested five-game Championship Series against a seemingly superior Cincinnati Reds team.
		The A's had captured their third straight American League West championship and second consecutive AL pennant.
		Andrews, back in uniform after the post-Game 2 brouhaha, received a rousing greeting from sympathetic New York fans before grounding out in an eighth-inning at-bat that proved to be his last trip to the plate in the majors.
	www.sportingnews.com /archives/worldseries/1973.html (916 words)

	Bert Campaneris \| The BASEBALL Page
		Bert Campaneris was born in Cuba and came to the U.S. for one reason: to be a ballplayer.
		He spent 1982 in the Mexican League and was back in the Majors in 1982 with the A's.
		Billy Martin used Campy as a pinch-hitter and utility infielder (and as a pinch-runner at the age of 41).
	www.thebaseballpage.com /players/campabe01.php (500 words)

	Northern League (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Lanier led the Goldeyes to the playoffs in eight of his ten years, including five trips to the Northern League Championship Series.
		Winnipeg won the Northern League's Central Division Crown in 1999, 2001, and 2002.
		Lanier spent 10 years in the Major Leagues as an infielder with the San Francisco Giants and New York Yankees.
	www.northernleague.com /news/?id=2838 (511 words)

	Remember the ABA: Utah Stars
		In the 1971 series Utah gained a 3-2 series lead, but (in a heartbreaker) lost the chance to wrap up the series at home in Game 6.
		It is rumored that the 1971 championship ball was sold to a man from Spanish Fork, Utah for $100.00.
		Big Z carried the Utah Stars to the 1971 ABA Championship and became known in Salt Lake City as "The Franchise." Here is Dan Pattison's written tribute to Beaty, which also appeared in the February 1998 issue of Utah Jazz HomeCourt Magazine.
	www.remembertheaba.com /Utah-Stars.html (2525 words)

	Little League Online
		The world championship game of the Little League Baseball World Series can be seen live on ABC at 3:30 p.m., on Aug. 28.
		The next two berths in the Little League Baseball World Series will be decided tonight, as the Great Lakes Tournament in Indianapolis, and the Southwest Tournament in Waco, Texas, are scheduled to end.
		Little League Baseball is the largest organized youth sports program in the world, with 2.7 million participants in all 50 states and more than 80 other countries.
	www.littleleague.org /media/2005ws-canada.asp (442 words)

	Harry Bradway
		In his early years in Lafayette, Bradway helped from a Colt League for those players who were too old for Pony League and did not make the American Legion baseball team.
		The idea to hold the World Series in Lafayette surfaced when Bradway and John Eberle, not only his coaching opponent but longtime friend, traveled to Riverside, California to watch the 1968 tournament.
		With an Olympic-format, each team in the Colt World Series is assured of three games and the Lafayette committee can have the host team Lafayette or Hoosier North play in the second game and perhaps meet in either of Monday or Tuesday's final round games.
	www.coltworldseries.com /harry_bradway.htm (536 words)

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