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World Series : A Comprehensive History of the World Series by Baseball Almanac (890 words) |
 | World Series : A Comprehensive History of the World Series by Baseball Almanac |
| 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. |
| 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. |
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World Series - MSN Encarta (1241 words) |
| 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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