Deep Throat

Deep Throat was the name given to the source in the Washington Post investigation of the Watergate scandal, revealed on May 31, 2005 to be former FBI associate director W. During the winter of 1904/05, however, feeling the sting of press criticism, Brush saw the light and proposed what came to be known as the "Brush Rules", under which the series would be played over subsequent years. Deep throating is a sexual act, a type of fellatio depicted in the movie. Brush also cited the lack of rules under which the games would be played and how the money would be split. This is the origin of all the other meanings of the term. Boston won on the last day of the season, but Brush stuck to his original decision. Deep Throat is a 1972 pornographic movie. At the time of the announcement, their new cross-town rivals, the Highlanders, were leading the AL.

Brush, refused to allow his team to play, citing the "inferiority" of the upstart American League. The Giants' owner, John T. The 1904 Series would have been between the AL's Boston Americans and the NL's New York Giants. It had been arranged well in advance by the owners of the respective teams, as both were league leaders by large margins.

One of these series at the end of 1903 was a meeting between the two pennant winners and is known as the 1903 World Series. These series were arranged by the individual teams, not by the leagues directly, the same as the 1880s World's Series matches had been. After two years of bitter competition and player raiding, the National and American Leagues made peace and, as part of the accord, several pairs of teams squared off for interleague exhibition games after the 1903 regular season. National League - American League.

National League. American Association. National League vs. National League.

National Association of Professional Baseball Players. National Association of Baseball Players (Amateur -> Professional). The following are teams that played an earlier version of the "World's Championship Series" or otherwise claimed the national championship "Pennant". World Series Cricket was a short-lived but influential cricket competition.

The term World Series has since been appropriated by other championships, such as the College World Series, the Little League World Series, the World Series of Golf, the World Series of Poker, the World Series of Birding and the World Series of Martial Arts. Commissioner Bud Selig, among others, has high hopes that this tournament could be as big as soccer's World Cup. Many of the major baseball playing nations have committed to participating (the United States, Dominican Republic, Japan, Mexico, South Korea, etc.). Teams will be split into four groups of four and play a round robin schedule, with the top two teams from each group advancing to the next round.

The tournament will be held in sites around North America, Central America, and Asia. Many major leaguers have expressed interest in playing in such a competition, including Miguel Tejada of the Baltimore Orioles (Dominican Republic), Dontrelle Willis of the Florida Marlins (United States), Carlos Lee of the Milwaukee Brewers (Panama), and Andruw Jones of the Atlanta Braves (from the Dutch island of Curaçao). In light of the International Olympic Committee recently voting baseball out of the Summer Games as a medal sport, this competition hopes to prove to the IOC that baseball is truly an international game. It will be the first international baseball competition to feature Major League players.

Recently, Major League Baseball officially revealed its plans for the World Baseball Classic, to be held in March 2006. According to the IBAF chairman, such a move would do more for popularizing baseball around the world than any amount of money spent by the MLB for its current worldwide marketing. The International Baseball Federation (IBAF) has lobbied MLB to suspend play during the Summer Olympics, so that MLB players could compete for their respective national teams, and has agreed to shorten the Olympic tournament if MLB agrees to freeing its players. At the 2004 Summer Olympics the United States was not represented at all, since its team of minor league players did not survive the qualifying rounds.

The United States sends a team of minor league players to the Summer Olympics, as it takes place during the regular Major League season. Baseball tournaments between international teams do occur, notably at the world championships and at the Olympic Games. In deference to any controversy, more and more the term "World Series Championship" is being used, the subtlety being that it is merely a title and not a political statement. Pappas' web page on the subject.).

(For details, see Mr. Furthermore, investigation of the New York World for the relevant years revealed no evidence of the supposed sponsorship. Baseball researcher Doug Pappas refutes that claim, demonstrating a linear progression from the phrase "World's Championship Series" (used to describe the 1903 series as well as some of the 19th-century postseason series) to "World's Series" (a term first used in the 1880s and which persisted for decades) to "World Series". A persistent myth is that the "World" in "World Series" came about because the New York World newspaper sponsored it.

Attempts to pit the North American champions against champions in the Japanese or Latin American leagues in a truly meaningful way have, so far, not succeeded. Sometimes the Japanese have gained the upper hand in those series; but since they are only exhibitions, their results cannot be regarded as conclusive. The World Series winners have occasionally played winter exhibition series against the best players of other leagues around the world, such as Japan. Moreover, virtually all of the best international players — from the Pacific Rim, Latin America, the Caribbean, and elsewhere — play on Major League rosters, with the notable exception of Cuban nationals.

While some would contend that there is no reason to believe that the World Series winner is a significantly better team than any club team outside Major League Baseball, no challenges have been made by other leagues. At the time the term was first used, baseball at the major league level was only played in the United States. The "World" appellation has stuck despite the fact that only teams in the two major leagues, which happen to cover only the United States and Canada, actually participate. That rule has been in place from the beginning, to keep the games "honest".

The shares for the actual participants are limited to the gate receipts of the minimum number of games necessary to play the series. Prior to 1969, teams finishing in the first division, or top half of the leagues' standings, received such shares; today, only the teams finishing in second place in their division but not earning a wild card receive them, because there are more divisions with each having fewer teams. A portion of the gate receipts from the World Series — and, from 1969 onward, the other rounds of postseason play preceding it — is used to fund a Players' Pool, from which descending shares are distributed to the World Series winner, the World Series loser, all the other teams qualifying for the playoffs which did not reach the World Series, and certain other teams which did not qualify for the playoffs, the criteria for the latter changing at various times. The designated hitter was not used at all prior to the 1975 Series, although the DH rule had been adopted by the AL in 1973.

From 1975 through 1985, the designated hitter was used for all games in even-numbered years, and was not used in any games in odd-numbered years. In a National League ballpark, both team's pitchers must hit. In an American League ballpark, both teams use a designated hitter to hit for the pitcher. Since 1986, the designated hitter rule has been applied based on the rules normally in effect at the home ballpark.

Starting with the 2003 World Series, the league that wins the mid-season All-Star Game has been awarded home-field advantage. Until 2003, the team given the home-field advantage was switched every year between the American League and the National League. That has been the pattern since 1924, with the exception of World War II, when travel restrictions were in place. The first two games of the series are played in the home ballpark of the team awarded home-field advantage; the next three are in the other team's ballpark, and the final two, if necessary, are back in the first team's ballpark.

. The Chicago Cubs have gone the longest between titles, having last won the World Series in 1908. Of those eight teams, only three have appeared in the Series: Milwaukee, San Diego, and Houston. Eight teams, all established since 1961, have never won a World Series title: the Texas Rangers, Houston Astros, San Diego Padres, Washington Nationals, Milwaukee Brewers, Seattle Mariners, Colorado Rockies, and Tampa Bay Devil Rays.

The New York Yankees have the most World Series titles, with 26 championships through the 2005 season. The modern World Series has been an annual event since 1903, with the exceptions of 1904 and 1994. Baseball has employed various championship formulas since the 1850s. The Series winner is determined through a best-of-seven playoff (except in 1903, 1919, 1920 and 1921 when the winner was determined through a best-of-nine playoff) and is awarded the World Series Trophy, as well as World Series rings.

It is played between the pennant winner of the American League and the pennant winner of the National League. The World Series is the championship series of Major League Baseball in the United States and Canada, the culmination of the sport's postseason each October. Glory Fades Away: The Nineteenth Century World Series Rediscovered, Jerry Lansch, 1991. Baseball Almanac: World Series.

Sporting News: History of the World Series. World Series.com - official website. Darold Knowles is the only pitcher to appear in every game of a seven-game World Series (1973). Bobby Richardson is the only player from a losing team to win a Series MVP award (1960).

Reggie Jackson is the only other player to accomplish the feat (1977). Babe Ruth twice hit three home runs in one Series game (1926 and 1928). The 1976 World Series was the first Series to use the designated hitter rule. The 1971 World Series featured the first Series game scheduled under lights.

The 1970 World Series featured the first Series game on artificial turf. The 1949 World Series featured the first Series game finished under lights. The 1908 World Series holds the record for poorest attendance including the record-low 6,210 in the finale. Amazingly, that has not happened since.

The 1906 World Series featured two franchises that had never appeared in the World Series. At 82-79 (.503), the 1973 New York Mets had the lowest winning percentage of any World Series team. From 1978 to 1987, no franchise won the World Series twice, the longest such streak. From 1949 to 1966, every Series involved the Yankees, Dodgers and/or Giants.

From 1949 to 1956, every Series game was won by a team from New York City. The 1921-1922 Giants and 1975-1976 Reds are the only National League teams to win two straight World Series. The Oakland Athletics' three consecutive World Series victories from 1972 to 1974 are the most for any non-Yankees franchise. The New York Giants' four consecutive World Series appearances from 1921 to 1924 are the most for any non-Yankees franchise.

The New York Yankees have won two or more championships in seven different decades - 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s and 1990s. 2005 - Chicago White Sox broke their curse winning for the first time since 1917. 2004 - Boston Red Sox broke their curse winning for the first time since 1918. 1994 - World Series cancelled due to strike.

1993 - Toronto Blue Jays won on a Game 6 walk-off home run by Joe Carter. 1989 - Series interrupted by the Loma Prieta earthquake. 1988 - Los Angeles Dodgers propelled to victory by Kirk Gibson's shocking Game 1 walk-off home run. 1986 - New York Mets' elimination averted in Game 6 with the assistance of Bill Buckner's infamous error.

1985 - Kansas City Royals' elimination averted in Game 6 with the assistance of an umpire's blown call. 1980 - Philadelphia Phillies won their first championship after nearly a century in existence. 1977 - New York Yankees won on Reggie Jackson's Game 6 heroics. 1976 - Cincinnati Reds swept entire postseason.

1975 - Boston Red Sox' Carlton Fisk's riveting Game 6 walk-off home run was not enough to break their curse. 1962 - New York Yankees won a Series decided by Willie McCovey's line drive. 1960 - Pittsburgh Pirates won on Bill Mazeroski's Game 7 walk-off home run (the only Game 7 walk-off home run). 1956 - New York Yankees' championship included Don Larsen pitching the only postseason perfect game.

1954 - New York Giants won championship after Willie Mays made The Catch. Louis Cardinals won on Enos Slaughter's mad dash in Game 7. 1946 - St. 1932 - New York Yankees dominated behind Babe Ruth's Called Shot.

1923 - New York Yankees won their first championship. 1920 - Cleveland Indians' victory was punctuated by Bill Wambsganss who turned the only postseason unassisted triple play. 1919 - Cincinnati Reds' championship was tainted by the Black Sox scandal. 1908 - Chicago Cubs won their last championship to date.

1905 - New York Giants' Christy Mathewson became the first World Series hero after pitching three complete game shutouts. 1902 Pittsburgh Pirates NL, Philadelphia Athletics AL - no Series. 1901 Pittsburgh Pirates NL, Chicago White Sox AL - no Series. 1900 Brooklyn Superbas win 4, Pittsburgh Pirates win 1 - Chronicle-Telegraph Cup Series.

1899 Brooklyn Superbas - no Series. 1898 Boston Beaneaters - no Series. 1897 Baltimore Orioles win 4, Boston Beaneaters win 1 - Temple Cup Series. 1896 Baltimore Orioles win 4, Cleveland Spiders win 0 - Temple Cup Series.

1895 Cleveland Spiders win 4, Baltimore Orioles win 1 - Temple Cup Series. 1894 New York Giants win 4, Baltimore Orioles win 0 - Temple Cup Series. 1893 Boston Beaneaters - no Series. 1892 Boston Beaneaters win 5, Cleveland Spiders win 0 - split-season championship.

1891 Boston Beaneaters NL, Boston Reds AA - NL instructs Beaneaters not to play Series as leagues discuss restructuring. 1890 Brooklyn Bridegrooms NL, Louisville Colonels AA - each win 3, no resolution. 1889 New York Giants NL win 6, Brooklyn Bridegrooms AA win 3. Louis Browns AA win 2.

1888 New York Giants NL win 6, St. Louis Browns AA win 5. 1887 Detroit Wolverines NL win 10, St. Louis Browns AA win 4, Chicago White Stockings NL win 2.

1886 St. Louis Browns AA - 6 game Series, ends in dispute. 1885 Chicago White Stockings NL, St. 1884 Providence Grays NL, Metropolitan [New York] AA - 3 game series, Providence wins all 3, 60-game winner Old Hoss Radbourn pitches every inning.

1883 Boston Beaneaters NL, Philadelphia AA - Philadelphia cancels scheduled Series after losing "City Series" to Phillies. 1882 Chicago White Stockings NL, Cincinnati Reds AA - 2 game Series, each club wins 1. 1881 Chicago White Stockings. 1880 Chicago White Stockings.

1879 Providence Grays. 1878 Boston Red Caps. 1877 Boston Red Caps. 1876 Chicago White Stockings.

1875 Boston Red Stockings. 1874 Boston Red Stockings. 1873 Boston Red Stockings. 1872 Boston Red Stockings.

1871 Philadelphia Athletics. 1870 Chicago White Stockings. 1869 Brooklyn Atlantics. 1868 New York Mutuals.

1867 Morrisania Unions. 1866 Brooklyn Atlantics. 1865 Brooklyn Atlantics. 1864 Brooklyn Atlantics.

1863 Brooklyn Eckfords. 1862 Brooklyn Eckfords. 1861 Brooklyn Atlantics. 1860 Brooklyn Atlantics.

1859 Brooklyn Atlantics. 1858 New York Mutuals. 1857 Brooklyn Atlantics.