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The World Series (1903-) - MLB's Annual Championship between the AL and NL Champions


darkstar965

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2nd and goal on the one and you call a pass play?

Anyway, as an American, I am proud of our teams winning the World Championship 49 years in a row! Better luck next year Bhutan!

The NFL streak has nothin' on MLB with our boys claiming the trophy a whopping 110 times straight!

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Canada has won before!

Great point*. Twice before actually and back to back (92/93). That (Toronto) Jays team, like this year's Nats squad, actually made a huge #1 starter acquisition of a pitcher also now associated with Detroit. It was Jack Morris (though coming from Minnesota then) playing the role Scherzer hopefully is today.

And, of course, in '94 the (Montreal) Expos were on track to win 105 games and were 6 up on the Braves when the strike happened and the rest of the season and postseason were cancelled. That disappointment is on any top-10 list of reasons that eventually made the Expos' move to DC in 2005 possible.

* The Jays' Championship teams were virtually all-American, of course but a Toronto-based team to be sure. Canada won but not so much Canadians.

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The World Series began in 1903, but the World Series MVP Award didn't begin until 1955.

Here are two World Series trivia questions. Think about them for awhile, and then mouse over for the answers - they may surprise you:

There have been 61 MVP Awards given (the World Series wasn't played in 1994 due to a player's strike, and it hasn't yet been played in 2017).

1) How many second basemen from the winning team have won the award?

1) Zero.

2) How many players who played for the losing team have won the award?

2) One. In 1960, Bobby Richardson won the award. He was the *second baseman* for the losing New York Yankees.

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