The world Series of Baseball (in English: World Series ) is the final series of the major Ligue of baseball (MLB). It takes place in October, after the regular season and opposes the champions of the National league and the American Ligue. Currently, the series disputes with best of seven meetings, the first team with four victories taking down the title.

The first world Series was disputed in 1903. The Americans of Boston carried out by their launcher Cy Young beat the Pirates of Pittsburgh with 5 victories for 3 defeats. In 1904, the Giants of New York, champion of the National league refuse to meet the Pilgrims of Boston to the pretext that the champion of the American League was lower to them. Since 1905, the world series is played best of seven meetings, except for the seasons 1919 with 1921 where decided itself with best on nine meetings.

The Yankees of New York gained the greatest number of world Series (26) including 5 consecutively between 1949 and 1954. In 2001, the Diamondbacks of Arizona gain the major title after only 3 years of existence.

The test takes the name of World Series in reference to the World' S Championship Series which disputed 1884 with 1891 between the champion of the national league and that of American Association, a major league disappeared at the end of the 19th century.

Prize list

Many appearances in World Series (modern) per frankness

Some anecdotes

• In 1919, burst a scandal after the series opposing the White Sox of Chicago to the Reds of Cincinnati. Eight members of White Sox were shown to have let lose their team by accepting bribes and were erased with life of the league.
• In 1994, the players started a strike which leads to the cancellation of the end of the regular season and all the series. For the first time since 1904, there was no champion. Even during the two world wars, one disputed this championship. The Expos of Montreal trônaient at the top of the classification at this time and were about to republish the exploit of the Blue Jays of Toronto, that is to say to gain the world Series.
• In 1999, the raising device Mariano Will rivet, launcher specialist in the ends of matches, was elected MVP (better player of World Series) to have ensured 3 of the 4 victories of the Yankees against the Braves of Atlanta and to have gained the other. New York gained the world championship by 4 to 0.
• In 2004, Boston again gains finally World Series. The city awaited that since 1918. Surprising fact, Red Sox gain the series of championship by 4 to 3 against the Yankees after having lost the first 3 matches, of ever seen in the history of the major Leagues.
• In 2005, White Sox of Chicago break the curse by gaining a title which escaped to them since 1917.

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