Monday, November 6, 2017

World Series: Nine game series, eight games and tie. 2 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

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2. Nine game series, eight games and tie

Four WS were best of nine, none of which went nine:

- 1903 Boston Americans beat Pittsburgh Pirates 5-3;
- 1919 Cincinnati Reds beat Chicago White Sox 5-3;
- 1920 Cleveland Indians beat Brooklyn Robins 5-2;
- 1921 New York Giants beat New York Yankees 5-3.

In addition to 1903, 1919 and 1921 one other series went eight games: 

- 1912 Boston Red Sox beat New York Giant 4-3-1.  Game two ended in a tie.

There were two other ties:

- 1907 Chicago Cubs beat Detroit Tigers 4-0-1; game one was a tie;
- 1922 New York Giants beat New York Yankees 4-0-1; game two was a tie.

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