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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)

	Boston Red Sox
		Since the gutting of the championship team, the Red Sox have never won a World Series, and Red Sox fans often speak of the Curse of the Bambino -- a play on one of Ruth's nicknames.
		They lost the series, breaking the hearts of their fans; but the events of 1967 are cherished by the team's historians.
		The 1986 Red Sox, led by a fireballing righthander from Texas, Roger Clemens, came within one strike of winning the World Series then lost Game Six on a stunning series of events.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/bo/Boston_Pilgrims.html (920 words)

	1986 American League Championship Series - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The 1986 American League Championship Series was a back-and-forth battle between the Boston Red Sox and the California Angels for the right to advance to the 1986 World Series.
		The Red Sox clinched the American League championship with three unearned runs in the 2nd inning and a 3-run home run from Jim Rice in the 4th.
		In retrospect, most people consider the 1986 postseason to be one of the best (if not the best) postseasons of all time.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/1986_American_League_Championship_Series (1221 words)

	Wikinfo \| Boston Red Sox
		Yaz won the American League Triple Crown and put on one of the greatest displays of hitting down the stretch in baseball history.
		Game 6 of the World Series, against the Cincinnati Reds' so-called "Big Red Machine," is regarded by some as the greatest game in baseball postseason history, an extra-inning piece of drama featuring dramatic home runs by Bernie Carbo and Fisk (the latter the game-winner).
		They then faced the Yankees in the 2003 American League Championship Series, and had a 5-2 lead over the Yankees in the 8th inning of game 7, but collapsed to lose the game 6-5 in 11 innings, and Red Sox players and fans were left disappointed once again.
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Boston_Red_Sox (1667 words)

	WhoWins(tm) -- Best-of-7 Series 904: Florida vs Chicago (MLB)
		The 42 Chicago Cubs series runs and the 40 Florida Marlins series runs are the second- and fourth-most (respectively) series runs by one team in best-of-7 MLB Semifinals history.
		The 29 series runs tallied by the Cubs in Wrigley Field in series 904 is the most runs at home by one team ever in a best-of-7 MLB Semifinals series, breaking the old mark of 28 home series runs set in series 473 by the Boston Red Sox (in the 1986 American League Championship Series).
		MLB/NBA/NHL best-of-7 series 904 is the 12th best-of-7 playoff series for the Chicago Cubs (the first since 1989) and the 3rd for the Florida Marlins (the first since 1997).
	www.whowins.com /2003series/mlb2003b.html (1938 words)

	Cover Bio from Current Biography Monthly Magazine - August 2003
		Clemens is a six-time Cy Young Award winner; a two-time "Triple Crown" winner, or league leader in wins, strikeouts, and earned-run average (ERA); a two-time World Series champion; and the league leader in games won for four seasons, in strikeouts for five seasons, and in ERA for six seasons.
		The baseball free-agent draft was held while the series was in progress, and Clemens was selected in the first round by the Boston Red Sox, becoming the 19th player to be drafted.
		He led the American League in strikeouts with 291 and shutouts with eight, as the Red Sox staged a furious comeback in the second half of the season to win their second Eastern Division title in three years, before being ousted in four straight games by the Athletics in the league championship series.
	www.hwwilson.com /Currentbio/cover_bios/cover_bio_8_03.htm (5219 words)

	Baseball Prospectus \| Articles \| Unlikely Heroes, Past and Present
		So now, as baseball chugs its way into the last three series of its postseason, the games remind us that virtually every year, we unexpectedly witness the startling contributions of a lesser known player, without which the team’s stars would be rationalizing a loss to the hometown press.
		Kirk Gibson's Game One home run is one of the classic moments of American sports history, but it was Hatcher who led the series in home runs, runs and RBI in the Dodgers’ upset win over the A’s.
		Having escaped the Devil Rays and beaten the Braves in the Division Series, the converted outfielder might surprise the Cardinals on the mound or at the plate.
	www.baseballprospectus.com /article.php?articleid=3556 (901 words)

	1986 World Series by Baseball Almanac
		Although the "Beantown Bombers" had appeared in nine previous World Series contests (winning five), their last championship title had come an agonizing sixty-eight years prior (in 1918) when Babe Ruth pitched the Sox to two victories over the Chicago Cubs.
		The New York Mets were making their third World Series appearance (winning last in 1969) and totaled one-hundred eight regular season wins while finishing a whopping 21½ games ahead of their nearest competition.
		While the Sox had found themselves in this predicament before (one strike away from elimination in the American League Series), many fans had already abandoned the team and Buckner was crucified in the papers for making the critical mistake.
	www.baseball-almanac.com /ws/yr1986ws.shtml (1330 words)

	Oakland A's Fan Coalition - Athletics baseball enthusiasts dedicated to watching a winner
		Finishing his major league tenure with a record of 87-91 and ERA of 4.14, Houtteman ended his major league career with the Baltimore Orioles in 1957, though he played minor league baseball in Vancouver for two more seasons.
		In 1947, the hard-hitting catcher led the Negro American League with a.381 batting mark.
		Merrill, who was often criticized for his umpiring, was known for feuding with Nestor Chylak, the American League’s supervisor of umpires and previously an umpire himself.
	www.oaklandfans.com /columns/markusen/markusen162.html (8800 words)

	Sporting News: Baseball History of the World Series
		After closing the regular season with a record-breaking 59 consecutive scoreless innings and then racking up one victory and a save in four National League Championship Series appearances, the Dodgers' Hershiser was the recipient of a well-deserved rest when the World Series got under way at Dodger Stadium on the night of October 15.
		Howell, coming off a fine season but trying to rebound from a rough Championship Series in which he drew a suspension for having a foreign substance (pine tar) in his glove, exacted revenge against McGwire the next night.
		It was the second homer of the Series for Hatcher, who wound up as the leading hitter in the classic with a.368 average.
	www.sportingnews.com /archives/worldseries/1988.html (965 words)

	Boston Red Sox - BaseballWiki - A Wikia wiki
		With the series returning to Yankee Stadium for Game Six, the improbable comeback continued with Curt Schilling pitching on an ankle that had three sutures wrapped in a bloody (literally red) sock.
		In 1876, the National League was formed and the Boston Red Stockings became a charter member, but changed their nickname to "Red Caps".
		In 1901, the American League was formed by Ban Johnson to compete with the National League, and a new Boston club was formed.
	baseball.wikia.com /wiki/Boston_Red_Sox (5330 words)

	Sporting News: Baseball History of the World Series
		While they had shown their mettle in the American League Championship Series -- one strike from elimination in the fifth game, the Red Sox roared back to win the playoffs in seven games -- the Sox had to come to grips with a stunningly painful situation.
		With Hurst seeking his third victory of the Series (besides winning Game 5, he was a 1-0 victor in Game 1), the Red Sox clipped Ron Darling for three second-inning runs in the climactic game when Dwight Evans and Rich Gedman belted back-to-back homers and Boggs delivered an RBI single.
		The failure of Clemens and Gooden to excel in the Series drew considerable attention.
	www.sportingnews.com /archives/worldseries/1986.html (1278 words)

	Anaheim Angels (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		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)

	The Sporting News: Baseball History of the World Series
		The l0-day postponement and 12-day gap in games were the longest in World Series history and marked the first interruption for anything other than inclement weather.
		While some observers called for cancellation of the remainder of the Series in deference to the earthquake victims, most favored its continuation and even viewed the competition and resumption of all other normal events (sports and otherwise) as crucial to the area's healing process.
		Rickey Henderson belted a game-opening home run and Moore, in a rare batting appearance for the American League pitcher, stroked a 0-2 pitch from Don Robinson for a two-run double to highlight the Athletics' four-run outburst in the first two innings.
	tsn.sportingnews.com /archives/worldseries/1989.html (892 words)

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		They conquered the Curses of devastating playoff series losses in 1979, 1982 and 1986; dumped their Demons; gored the Ghosts of seasons past; hammered their Hounds and jammed their Jinxes.
		In 1986 the American League Championship Series was 3-1 in favor of the Angels.
		In 1986, trying to justify his big contract Moore tried to pitch with a sore shoulder.
	www.jewishworldreview.com /1002/medicine.men102302.asp (1820 words)

	Sports: Fenway Park avoiding wrecking ball, for now
		AND THE WINNER (OBVIOUSLY) IS: Cy Young Award winner Pedro Martinez was named American League's April pitcher of the month for the second year in a row.
		Also going in is Dave Henderson's two-run, ninth-inning home run in Game5 of the 1986 American League Championship Series.
		He batted.300 in three of his eight Red Sox seasons, won a Gold Glove in 1968 after leading AL outfielders with 390 putouts and led the league in doubles twice, with 37 in 1968 and 33 in 1971.
	www.sptimes.com /News/050500/Sports/Fenway_Park_avoiding_.shtml (456 words)

	Baseball Almanac - Year In Review : 1989 American League
		As 1989 was not exactly a banner year for the Houston franchise, the two-day, and thirty-five inning series was an exhilarating highlight for both the players, as well as the fans.
		Donnie Moore, the thirty-five year-old former pitcher for the Anaheim Angels, shot his wife, then killed himself after battling severe depression attributed to the home run he yielded to the Red Sox's Dave Henderson in the 1986 American League Championship Series.
		On October 1, 1989, Kirby Puckett (in the American League) and Tony Gwynn (in the National League) both clinched a batting title after trailing only one day before.
	baseball-almanac.com /yearly/yr1989a.shtml (946 words)

	National Baseball Hall of Fame - November 2002 Trivia Quiz (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Los Angeles Angels debuted in 1961 as an expansion franchise on the west coast, signaling the American League's first Californian team, joining the Los Angeles Dodgers and the San Francisco Giants from the National League.
		The Angels held a three games to one lead in the 1986 American League Championship Series against the Boston Red Sox, but failed to hold a lead in Game Five and never won again in the series.
		Angels' second baseman Adam Kennedy did something in the fifth game of the 2002 American League Championship Series that only four other players had ever done in a single game in post-season history.
	www.baseballhalloffame.org /games/quiz/quiz_2002nov.htm (416 words)

	Angels learn fate: They will battle loaded Red Sox \| The San Diego Union-Tribune
		The Angels' claim the memory is exorcised from their minds, but they played their most crushing series this season at Fenway Park from Aug. 31-Sept. 2: They were swept out of town after allowing 26 runs in three games.
		This playoff series reprises a classic 1986 American League Championship Series, which Boston won in seven games.
		The defining moment of that series was Boston outfielder Dave Henderson's home run off the late Donnie Moore in Game 5.
	www.signonsandiego.com /uniontrib/20041004/news_1s4alsep2.html (350 words)

	New feeling for Angels feels great to the team - CBS SportsLine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Game 7, and the Angels were leading this crazy, twisted, funhouse-mirror of a World Series game 4-1 with two out in the bottom of the ninth.
		The 1982 blown playoff series against the Milwaukee Brewers, the one-strike-away Dave Henderson heartbreaker loss to Boston in the 1986 American League Championship Series, the Donnie Moore suicide, the 1995 11-games-up-on-August-1 collapse.
		By the end of this World Series, dozens of reporters were quizzing manager Mike Scioscia, hitting coach Mickey Hatcher, and every available player, about whether they think other major-league teams will stand up and take notice of the Angels' way to win.
	ww1.sportsline.com /b/page/pressbox/0,1328,5839016,00.html (1653 words)

	Major League Baseball : Postseason : League Championship Series
		The Red Sox kept their October run alive, completing the biggest series comeback in Major League postseason history by taking Game 7 to win their first AL pennant since 1986.
		Bill Mueller's RBI single in the ninth inning off Yankees closer Mariano Rivera sent the game into extra innings, where David Ortiz's two-run homer in the 12th gave the Red Sox the win and kept Boston alive in the American League Championship Series vs. New York.
		But this year, there is no doubt in the clubhouse that they can defeat the Yankees and get one step closer to their ultimate goal.
	mlb.mlb.com /NASApp/mlb/mlb/ps/y2004/home.jsp?view=bos_nyy (704 words)

	Salon.com People \| What next?
		But it's hard to argue that Brenly should have all of a sudden turned to his ancient journeyman to save a crucial game when his closer appeared to be ready to go.
		I thought, as maybe Kim's teammates did, of Donnie Moore, a fine relief pitcher who gave up a dramatic home run in the 1986 American League Championship Series that cost his team, the California Angels, the pennant.
		Moore was near the end of his career in 1986, and he had troubles outside of baseball.
	archive.salon.com /people/feature/2001/11/02/series_two/index1.html (1025 words)

	ipedia.com: American League Championship Series Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		In Major League Baseball, the American League Championship Series determines who wins the American League pennant and advances to baseball 's championship, the World Series.
		In Major League Baseball, the American League Championship Series (ALCS) determines who wins the American League pennant and advances to baseball's championship, the World Series.
		No MVP award is given for divisional series play.
	www.ipedia.com /american_league_championship_series.html (205 words)

	Mitch Williams Survived Joe Carter's Homer - Interview Baseball Digest - Find Articles
		Moore shot himself three years after giving up Dave Henderson's tying home run in Game 5 of the 1986 American League Championship Series, when the California Angels were one strike from their first World Series.
		Like Boston's Mike Torrez, who gave up the eventual game-winning homer to the Yankees' Bucky Dent in a 1978 playoff game to decide the American League East title, Williams accentuates his positives.
		The ball goes between his legs (in Game 6 of the 1986 World Series), and that's all anyone remembers.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0FCI/is_2_60/ai_69057356 (690 words)

	newsobserver.com
		Mitch Williams' career fell apart after Joe Carter went deep on the final swing of the 1993 World Series.
		And Donnie Moore was the most tragic case of all, committing suicide in the aftermath of Dave Henderson's momentum-turning homer in the 1986 American League Championship Series.
		He has plenty of time to make sure his career isn't defined by that homer he surrendered to Burke in Game 4 of the National League Division Series.
	www.newsobserver.com /752/v-print/story/418977.html (696 words)

	Buy Cheap Boston Red Sox Tickets - MLB Baseball Tickets - American League MLB Baseball Tickets
		The players formed the nucleus of the first championship Yankee teams of the 20s.
		Since the gutting of their championship team, the Red Sox have never won a World Series, and many in the media speak of the Curse of the Bambino - a play on one of Ruth's nicknames.
		Serious fans consider the curse to be a lot of nonsense, and take little note of such thoughts.
	www.mlbticketsnow.com /boston-red-sox-tickets.asp (640 words)

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