World Series 2005 - Houston Astros vs Chicago White Sox.
What a match up! This is the Astros first ever World Series and they are looking very confident. Have the White Sox got enough steam left in them to KO the Astros?
The first World Series was held in 1903 between the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Boston Pilgrims (now the Red Sox). It was an idea that stuck and it’s been played every year since with the exception of 1994 when the players and owners “locked” each other out. The 1955 World Series marked the inception of the Most Valuable Player trophy. The 1955 World Series saw the Brooklyn Dodgers defeat the New York Yankees in a dramatic game seven, and Johnny Podres was the MVP in the World Series. The 1920 WS saw Bill Wambsganss record the only unassisted triple play in WS history.
The 1956 World Series will always be remembered for Don Larsen, the Yankees pitcher, who threw the first and only perfect game in WS history. The 1977 World Series will be remembered for Reggie Jackson and his three-homer game. It was only the second time the occurrence had ever happened (Babe Ruth in 1926 and 1929). The 1988 series saw the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Oakland Athletics 4 games to 1 behind dominant pitching from MVP Orel Hershiser and a late inning homerun by Kirk Gibson. Hershiser, named MVP of the series, pitched two complete games while giving up only two runs on seven hits and striking out 17. New York still leads far and away with 26 World Series championships (the next closest team has 9), and there are nine current Major League teams who have never won a World Series trophy. The World Series has a certain mystique about it, and it has to rank as one of the biggest games of the year, likely comparably with only the Super Bowl in football and the Stanley Cup in hockey.
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