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The World Series
Published or Updated October 22, 2018
Location: United States
Sport: Baseball
Level: Professional
Also Known As: The Fall Classic
Sport: Baseball
Level: Professional
Also Known As: The Fall Classic
Event Type: Team Championship
First Held: 1903
Next Up: 10/23/2018-10/31/2018
First Held: 1903
Next Up: 10/23/2018-10/31/2018
When and Where: every October at sites throughout the United States
The Fall Classic, the October Classic, the Series.
No matter what you call it, the best of seven grand finale of the baseball season is a national treasure. A historic pastime and a marker of the changing seasons, the Series takes place as winter is beginning its slow creep down from the arctic, the kids are back in school, and the baseball season has one last hurrah before it shuts down until next spring.
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In Game 7 of the 1960 World Series between the Pittsburgh Pirates and the New York Yankees, Pirate Bill Mazeroski hit a walk-off homerun in the bottom of the 9th.
In Game 6 of the 1977 World Series, Yankee Reggie Jackson homered in three consecutive at-bats against the Dodgers.
In Game 6 of the 1986 World Series, Boston Red Sox first basemen Bill Buckner allowed a ground ball to go through his legs, which infamously led to the New York Mets winning the game and the World Series.
Injured superstar Kirk Gibson hit a pinch-hit home run in the bottom of the 9th in Game 1 in the 1988 World Series to help the Dodgers beat the A's.
The New York Yankees lead all major league teams with 27 world series titles, followed by St. Louis with 10, and Oakland with 9.
Eight teams have yet to win a world series title: San Diego, Colorado, Houston, Milwaukee, Tampa Bay, Seattle, Texas, and Washington.
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Sparky Anderson
"They say the first World Series is the one you remember most. No, no no. I guarantee you don't remember that one because the fantasy world you always dreamed about is suddenly real."
