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In baseball, the World Series
is the championship series of Major League
Baseball in North America, played in October
after the end of the regular season between
the pennant winner of the American League
and the pennant winner of the National League.
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 World Series has been an annual event
since 1903, with the exception of 1904 and
1994. The New York Yankees have the most
World Series titles, with 26 championships.
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. The Red Sox won the series four
games to none, earning their first World
Series Championship in 31,458 days, the
last being in the 1918 World Series, completed
on September 11, 1918.
The Boston Red Sox, New York Yankees,
St. Louis Cardinals, Florida Marlins,
The Los Angeles Dodgers, the Angels, and
the Arizona D-backs have all played in
the World Series in the last 7 years.
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The first two games of the series are played in one team's
home ballpark, the next three in the other team's ballpark,
and the final two, if necessary, back in the first team's
ballpark. Until 2003, the team given the home-field advantage
was switched every year between the American League and the
National League. Starting in 2003, however, the league that
wins the All-Star Game is given the home field advantage in
the World Series.
A portion of the gate receipts from the World
Series - and, from 1969 onward, the other rounds of postseason
play preceding it - is used to fund a Players' Pool, from
which descending shares are distributed to the World Series
winner, the World Series loser, all the other teams qualifying
for the playoffs which did not reach the World Series, and
certain other teams which did not qualify for the playoffs,
the criteria for the latter changing at various times. Prior
to 1969, teams finishing in the first division, or top half
of the leagues' standings, received such shares; today only
the teams finishing in second place in their division but
not earning a wild card receive them, because there are
more divisions and each division is smaller.
The "World" appellation has stuck
despite the fact that only teams in the United States and
Canada participate. While some would contend that there
is no reason to believe that the World Series winner is
a significantly better team than any club team outside Major
League Baseball, no challenges have been made by other leagues.
Attempts to pit the North American champions against champions
in the Japanese or Latin American leagues have, so far,
not succeeded.
A persistent myth is that the "World"
in "World Series" came about because the New York
World newspaper sponsored it. Baseball researcher Doug Pappas
refutes that claim, demonstrating a linear progression from
the phrase "World's Championship Series" (used
to describe the 1903 series) to "World's Series"
to "World Series". Furthermore, investigation
of the New York World for the relevant years revealed no
evidence of the supposed sponsorship. (For details, see
Mr. Pappas's web page on the subject (http://roadsidephotos.com/baseball/name.htm)).
Baseball tournaments between international
teams do occur, notably at the world championships and at
the Olympic Games. To the Summer Olympics, the US has always
sent a team of minor-league players, since the MLB hasn't
been willing to stop playing and thus free its players during
the Olympics until now. The US team won the gold medal in
2000, suggesting that a major-league team could defeat any
non-American national team. Of course, major league teams
do not consist entirely of US nationals; for example, about
10% of MLB players are from the Dominican Republic. Not
all of the US nationals in MLB are eligible for Team USA;
a significant minority are from Puerto Rico, which fields
its own teams in international sports competitions. The
famed Cuban national team (which was beaten by the Americans
in 2000) has defeated Major League teams in some confrontations.
At the 2004 Summer Olympics the USA was not represented,
since its minor-leaguer team did not survive qualifying.
The International Baseball Federation (IBAF) has tried to
lobby MLB into suspending play during the Summer Olympics,
so that MLB players could compete for their respective national
teams. The IBAF is of the opininon that if this does not
happen at the 2008 Olympics, Baseball is likely to be removed
from the Olympics to make room for Rugby. The IBAF has agreed
to shortening the Olympic tournament if the MLB agrees to
freeing its players. According to the IBAF chairman, such
a move would do more for popularizing Baseball around the
world than any amount of money spent by the MLB for its
current worldwide marketing.
Currently, Major League Baseball, in cooperation
with the IBAF, is trying to institute a World Cup of Baseball,
to be held at least quadrennially during the Northern Hemisphere
winter at a warm-weather site, to serve as a true world
championship of national baseball teams. The winter scheduling
would allow players from the North American and Japanese
professional leagues to participate. The first such World
Cup is tentatively scheduled to follow the 2005 season.
The IBAF has already organized thirty-five editions of the
Baseball World Cup since 1938.
The term World Series has since been appropriated
by other championships, such as the World Series of Poker,
the College World Series, the World Series of Birding and
the World Series of Martial Arts. World Series Cricket was
a short-lived but influential cricket competition.
The World Series Last 7 Years
1998-present: Fifth expansion
(following addition of Arizona Diamondbacks and Tampa Bay
Devil Rays.)
1998: New York AL defeats San Diego NL, 4 games to 0. MVP:
Scott Brosius, New York
1999: New York AL defeats Atlanta NL, 4 games to 0. MVP:
Mariano Rivera, New York
2000: New York AL defeats New York NL (2)†, 4 games
to 1. MVP: Derek Jeter, New York AL
This would be the last World Series to date with a repeat
World Champion.
2001: Arizona NL defeats New York AL, 4 games to 3. MVPs:
Randy Johnson and Curt Schilling, Arizona.
This Series is often cited alongside the 1991 World Series
as the most exciting in history. It featured two extra-inning
games. In both games, the Yankees hit ninth-inning homers
off Diamondbacks closer Byung-Hyun Kim to tie the game and
went on to win. In Game 7, the D-backs pulled off a ninth-inning
comeback of their own to win the game and the Series, victimizing
Yankees closer Mariano Rivera with Luis Gonzalez knocking
in the game-winning RBI with a bloop single into the outfield.
The Diamondbacks, in their fourth year of existence, break
the Marlins' short-lived record as the fastest expansion
team to win the World Series.
This is the last World Series to date to be won by a division
champion.
2002: Los Angeles AL† defeats San Francisco NL†
by 4 games to 3. MVP: Troy Glaus, Anaheim.
2002 was the first time two Wild Card teams met in the World
Series. Featured the greatest comeback in Series history
by a team facing elimination, when the Angels erased a 5-0
deficit with 8 outs remaining, to win Game 6 (6-5) and Game
7 (4-1). There was considerable controversy regarding Glaus'
selection as Series MVP; despite being on the losing team,
Barry Bonds was by most accounts the biggest star of the
Series, hitting .471 for the Series with 4 homers, 6 RBI,
and a mind-boggling 13 walks, vs Glaus' 7 runs, 8 RBI, 3
homers and a .385 average.
2003: Florida NL† defeats New York AL 4 games to 2.
MVP: Josh Beckett, Florida.
The Marlins, 19-29 in mid-May of the season, completed one
of the most spirited comebacks in MLB history. They went
75-49 under new manager Jack McKeon, owning the best record
in the league since May 23. The Marlins shocked the defending
NL-champ Giants and the Cubs before capping their run by
beating the Yankees. Jack McKeon became the oldest manager
to ever win a World Series. The Marlins also became 6-0
in postseason play in only 11 years of existance.
2004: Boston AL† defeats St. Louis NL 4 games to 0.
MVP: Manny Ramírez, Boston.
Boston's victory breaks the Curse of the Bambino, coming
from the largest upset in post season MLB history (a 3-0
deficit against the New York Yankees in the Championship
Series) to sweep St. Louis. The Red Sox's eight consecutive
wins constitute the longest post season winning streak in
MLB history. It would also be the second year in a row that
the home team (in this case St. Louis) did not win the deciding
game of a World Series.
†Denotes wild-card team (since 1995).
2005: Chicago White Sox win World Series
Note: New York NL (1) represents the New York Giants (1883-1957),
later the San Francisco Giants. New York NL (2) represents
the New York Mets (1962-present).
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