Tuesday, November 7, 2017

World Series: Home sweet home. 3 of 9.

1. Sunday in the park
2. Nine game series, eight games and tie
3. Home sweet home
4. Travel
5. Best of Seven WS
6. Sweeps
7. Regular Season
8. Yankees
9. Yanks 1960

This file contain pertinent data:


3. Home sweet home:

In three WS both teams had the same home park:

- 1921 New York Giants and New York Yankees: Polo Grounds IV
- 1922 New York Giants and New York Yankees: Polo Grounds IV
- 1944 St. Louis Cardinals and St. Louis Browns: Sportsman's Park IV.

The home team won thirteen games in a row:
- the last three in 1986 after the road team won the first four
- all seven in 1987
- the first three in 1988; the road team won the last two.

In 1987, 1991 and 2001 the home team won all seven games.  Minnesota won two WS 4-3: over St. Louis (1987) and Atlanta (1991).  Arizona defeated the New York Yankees in 2001.

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