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	Encyclopedia: American League Championship 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.
		The 2005 American League Championship Series (ALCS), is the second round of the 2005 American League playoffs.
		The Cubs reached the 2003 National League Championship Series, and they also battled a full seven games; but as with the Red Sox, they lost their series with a 3-run lead and 5 outs to go, and the World Series was won by the Florida Marlins, who defeated the Yankees.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/American-League-Championship-Series (2936 words)

	National League Championship Series - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A structured playoff series began in 1969, when both the National and American Leagues were reorganized into two divisions each, East and West.
		In 1981, a divisional series was held due to split-season caused by strike action.
		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, the National League Division Series (NLDS).
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/National_League_Championship_Series (260 words)

	2005 National League Championship Series - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The 2005 National League Championship Series (NLCS), the second round of the 2005 National League playoffs, matched the Central Division champion and defending league champion St.
		In the series opener, the Cardinals won 5-3 behind a strong pitching performance by Cy Young winner Chris Carpenter and a 2-run homerun by Reggie Sanders in the first inning.
		The Angels were one strike away from going to the franchise's first trip to the World Series in front of their home crowd when Dave Henderson hit a 2-run home run off of Angel closer Donnie Moore in a game the Red Sox went on to win in extra innings.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/2005_National_League_Championship_Series (1013 words)

	Angel Hernandez (umpire) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Angel Hernandez (born August 26, 1961 in Havana, Cuba) is an umpire in Major League Baseball who has worked in the National League from 1991 to 1999, and throughout both major leagues since 2000.
		He has umpired in the World Series in 2002 and 2005, as well as the 1999 All-Star Game.
		He has officiated in 4 League Championship Series – 2 in each league (2000, 2001, 2003, 2004), and in 4 National League Division Series (1997, 1998, 2002, 2005).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Angel_Hernandez_%28umpire%29 (129 words)

	Baseball/National League Championship Series - Wikipedia
		The National League Championship Series began in 1969, when the National League was reorganized into two division, East and West.
		The winners of each division played each other in a best-of-five series to determine who advanced to 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, the /National League Divisional Series (NLDS).
	nostalgia.wikipedia.org /wiki/Baseball/National_League_Championship_Series (171 words)

	Lee Smith (baseball player) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Lee Arthur Smith (born December 4, 1957 in Shreveport, Louisiana) is an American former relief pitcher, more specifically a closer, in Major League Baseball.
		He is the major leagues' all-time leader with 478 saves.
		Appeared in the 1988 American League Championship Series
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Lee_Smith_(baseball_player) (145 words)

	Encyclopedia: Baseball
		Among American television viewers, however, baseball has been surpassed in popularity (in terms of television ratings) by American football.
		Although three of the four most popular sports in North America are ball games (baseball, basketball and American football), baseball's popularity grew so great that the word "ballgame" in the United States almost always refers to a game of baseball, and "ballpark" to a baseball field.
		The major professional sports leagues in North America (or in the United States specifically by some definitions) are those professional sports leagues with the largest fan bases and television audiences (and therefore, the largest revenues and player salaries).
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Baseball/National-League-Championship-Series (571 words)

	League Championship Most Valuable Player Award on Baseball Almanac
		The League Championship Most Valuable Player Award was first given by the National League following the 1977 League Championship.
		The winner of this series specific most valuable honor is selected by a committee of writers and executives in attendance and announced at the conclusion of the League Championship Series.
		1988 was the first season in which a pitcher dominated each league championship series and won both (American and National League) of the possible awards and 1990 was the first season where the award was split between two (2) players (N.L.).
	www.baseball-almanac.com /awards/aw_mvpl.shtml (177 words)

	National League Championship Series - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		In Major League Baseball, the National League Championship Series (NLCS) determines who wins the National League pennant and advances to baseball's championship, the World Series.
		It began in 1969, when the National League was reorganized into two division, East and West.
		National League Championship Series, NLCS results (1969-present) and Related articles.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/National_League_Championship_Series (221 words)

	The Sport of Baseball as a Cultural Tradition in American and Japan: Reconstructing the Human Psyche of Two Nations / ...
		American baseball is also a reflection of American culture but we as Americans can sometimes take the sport for granted considering the widespread popularity of the sport throughout America and other nations.
		American players change with the game and act as time capsules for which one can observe the way life was while they were playing.
		The American style of baseball reinforces the common cultural values of individuality, prosperity, freedom and the strive for success, which is sometimes referred to as the "American dream." Japanese baseball reinforces loyalty, self control, honor and order, which are displayed in their unique style of play.
	www.soa.ilstu.edu /anthropology/theses/mreklun/index.htm (15722 words)

	National Baseball Hall of Fame - Inductee Information
		In 1991 Puckett was named MVP of the Twins' American League Championship Series victory over the Toronto Blue Jays, batting.429 with 6 RBI.
		In Game Six of the ensuing World Series, he had perhaps the greatest individual game in Series history: an RBI triple in the first inning, a memorable leaping catch in the third, a go-ahead sacrifice fly in the fifth, a single and stolen base in the eighth, and a game-winning homer in the 11th.
		Though Negro League statistics are incomplete at best, Smith is credited with winning 20 or more games in each of his 12 years with Kansas City, including an astonishing record of 93-11 over a four year span from 1939 to 1942.
	baseballhalloffame.org /hof_weekend/2001/inductees.htm (2903 words)

	American League Championship Series Results
		The League Championship Series (LCS) was started in 1969 when the American League was split into two divisions, the East and West.
		The East and West winners met in the LCS (sometimes referred to as the "Playoffs") from 1969 to 1993.
		In 1994 the league was split into three, adding a Central Division.
	www.thebaseballpage.com /stats/postseason/al_lcs.htm (396 words)

	New York Yankees on Baseball Almanac
		For their first eighteen years in New York, the Highlanders (they became the Yankees in 1912) seriously challenge for a pennant only once, in 1904 when star pitcher Jack Chesbro set a modern day record with forty-one victories, completing a staggering forty-eight games and posting an ERA of 1.82.
		Since the start of their dynastic run in 1921, they had won two-thirds of all the American League pennants awarded and almost half of the World Championships (twenty in forty-three years).
		In 1980, the team rebounded to win one-hundred three games, but lost the American League Championship Series to Kansas City, and in 1981, they were back in the Series again only to lose to the Dodgers in six games.
	baseball-almanac.com /teams/yank.shtml (1298 words)

	Baseball/American League Championship Series - Wikipedia
		The American League Championship Series began in 1969, when the American League was reorganized into two division, East and West.
		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 Divisional Series or ALDS.
		See also Baseball/National League Championship Series, Baseball/World Series, Baseball/Major leagues.
	nostalgia.wikipedia.org /wiki/Baseball/American_League_Championship_Series (160 words)

	WhoWins(tm) -- Best-of-7 Series 870: Anaheim vs Minnesota (MLB)
		The series victory is the first best-of-7 series victory for the Anaheim Angels (which failed in one previous attempt as the California Angels in best-of-7 play, in 1986).
		When tied 1-game-all in an MLB best-of-7 playoff series, the California Angels (the predecessor franchise to the current Anaheim Angels) had a series record of 0-1, while the Minnesota Twins in the same situation have a 1-0 series record.
		In this sixth best-of-7 MLB playoff series for the Minnesota Twins, the Twins are WL after two games for only the second series (having been WW after two games in the other four such series).
	www.whowins.com /2002series/mlb2002a.html (1180 words)

	ESPN.com - MLB Playoffs 2002 - Small-market teams send high rollers home
		Anaheim, the Twins' opponent in the American League championship series, is 15th at $62.8 million.
		San Francisco, ninth at $78.4 million, is in the National League championship series against St. Louis, 10th at $76.2 million.
		In the first five seasons after the 1994-95 strike, only one team not among the top half in payroll advanced to the postseason: The 1997 Houston Astros were 18th and lost in the first round.
	espn.go.com /mlb/playoffs2002/s/2002/1011/1444555.html (824 words)

	WESH.com - MLB - American League Division Series Preview - Boston Vs. Anaheim
		That occurred in the 1986 American League Championship Series when the franchise was known as the California Angels.
		Likewise, Ortiz hit.299 and was second in the league in homers (41), RBI (139) and slugging percentage (.604).
		He went 21-6, leading the American League in victories, and was also second in the league in ERA (3.26) and third in strikeouts (203).
	www.wesh.com /mlb/3781881/detail.html (2649 words)

	Boston Park League Baseball
		For his efforts, Justin was named the MVP of the championship series, and will receive the John Kelliher Award at the Annual Alumni Reunion - Hall of Fame Banquet on November 11th at Lantana's in Randolph, Ma.
		Park League President Walt Bentson was so honored in 2004, the first year that the award was created in the name of Cape League Hall of Fame umpire Curly Clement, the most highly respected umpire the Cape League has ever had.
		Boston Park League President Walt Bentson was honored by the Cape Cod Baseball League on August 7th, 04 by being presented with the first annual Curly Clement Award, given to the outstanding umpire in the league for 2004.
	www.bostonparkleague.org /Page/hilites.html (4791 words)

	ALCS finale earns best ratings since '91 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Boston's 10-3 victory was the highest-rated league championship series game since 1991, drawing a 19.4 national rating for Fox Sports.
		Speier was with five teams in 19 major league seasons, playing for the Cubs in 1985-86.
		Speier, the Diamondbacks third-base coach in their World Series year of 2001, played for Chicago, San Francisco, Montreal, St. Louis and Minnesota from 1971-89, hitting.246 with 112 homers and 720 RBIs.
	www.azcentral.com /sports/diamondbacks/articles/1022bbnotes1022.html (330 words)

	Major League Baseball : Official Info : Umpires: Executives
		Prior to this assignment Solomon was the Senior Vice President, Baseball Operations for five years and oversaw Major League, Minor League, and International Baseball Operations, the Major League Scouting Bureau, the Arizona Fall League and numerous special projects, including the launching of the MLB Youth Academy at Compton College in Compton, California.
		He was assigned to work in American League Spring Training games from 1983-86 and also served as a fill-in in AL regular season games (1984-86) before joining the Umpire Development Program as a supervisor in 1987, where he stayed until joining the National League in 1998.
		Palermo's umpiring career was shortened on July 6, 1991 when he was shot in the back while coming to the aid of a robbery victim in the parking lot of a Dallas restaurant.
	www.mlb.com /NASApp/mlb/mlb/official_info/umpires/executives.jsp (2419 words)

	These Angels have been far from heavenly - The Boston Globe
		The two key guys for the Orange County American League Baseball Representative, nicknamed the Angels, are a disappointing 10 for 54.
		They have, to me, the best in baseball, or at least the American League.
		It would have been the first such American League Championship Series outing since Chicago's Britt Burns went 9 1/3 innings against Baltimore for manager Tony La Russa in the deciding Game 4 of the 1983 ALCS.
	www.boston.com /sports/baseball/articles/2005/10/14/these_angels_have_been_far_from_heavenly (666 words)

	National League Championship Series (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Since the system's inception, the Braves and the Astros are the only team to have met more than twice, with the Braves winning the series each time.
		See also American League Championship Series, World Series.
		All is still licensed under the GNU FDL.
	www.termsdefined.net /na/national-league-championship-series.html (378 words)

	Minnesota Twins, Major League Baseball, Oakland Athletics - CBS SportsLine.com
		Look who is living and breathing as the American League roars toward its championship series this week.
		Twins 5, Athletics 4 in Game 5 of their AL divisional series, and now it is -- gulp -- the Twins and Anaheim for the AL pennant, beginning on Tuesday in Minnesota.
		And in a place where Brad Radke, whose brilliance Sunday was challenged only by that of the Athletics' Mark Mulder, made a four-year, $36 million commitment midway through the 2000 season that signaled the beginning of the Twins' Renaissance age.
	cbs.sportsline.com /mlb/postseason/story/5779713 (1376 words)

	ALCS Notebook: Wakefield gets World Series start (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		That means Schilling, who pitched seven innings in Game 6 despite a serious ankle injury, wouldn't have to bat in the National League city in Games 3, 4 and 5.
		A college student died after suffering a head injury in a clash between police officers and a crowd of Red Sox fans who poured into the streets outside Fenway Park to celebrate their team's victory against the New York Yankees.
		Six people were injured by stray bullets shot into the air by revelers during celebrations in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, after the Red Sox won the AL pennant.
	www.post-gazette.com /pg/04296/399796.stm (671 words)

	Minnesota Twins, Joe Mays, A.J. Pierzynski, Major League Baseball, Anaheim Angels - CBS SportsLine.com
		The Angels are seeking their first World Series appearance since joining the major leagues in 1961.
		Mays, hit hard by Oakland in Game 2 of the five-game division series, shut down the Angels, who hit.376 in their four-game victory over the four-time defending AL champion Yankees -- the highest average by a team in any postseason series.
		Minnesota had the fewest errors in the major leagues during the regular season (74) and Anaheim (87) was second in the AL.
	www.sportsline.com /mlb/gamecenter/recap/MLB_20021008_ANA@MIN (1154 words)

	Major League Baseball (MLB) at AllSports (tm) - For the Fans! By The Fans! (tm) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		The Padres, a franchise that once featured ugly yellow and brown uniforms and a hamburger magnate for an owner, are headed back to the World Series for just the second time in their 30-year history.
		The Padres won the best-of-seven series, 4-2, to advance to their first World Series since 1984, when they lost to the Detroit Tigers.
		He got roughed up for five runs and retired only two batters in Game One of the American League Championship Series against the Yankees, resulting in his banishment to the bullpen for the rest of the series.
	www.allsports.com /mlb/news/10-15-1998.htm (1210 words)

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