The World Series

 
 


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

The world championship trophy.
 
 
 

 

 


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Twins left fielder Dan Gladden
encourages fans to cheer louder at
the Metrodome.

 


 
 
 
 
 

Dwight Gooden steps into
his pitch. Fans looked up 
to the matchup that would 
pit the two leagues' most
dominating pitchers against 
each other.

 

A happy New York Mets
team celebrates its win.

  Did you know?
 
 
       World Series started in 1903.


Lou Gehrig, Babe Ruth, and Joe DiMaggio
were on the same team.
 

The 1904 World Series was canceled
because the owner and manager
of the National League New York
Giants refused to play against a
team from "the minor league."

 Nolan Ryan became the first pitcher
to record 4,000 strikeouts.

Pete Rose stroked hit number 4,192
breaking the record for most
hits in a career in 1985.

Carew became the 16th player in
history to get 3,000 hits.

Dwight Gooden, the phenominal
pitcher for the Mets, who established
all kinds of records and became the
youngest pitcher ever to win 20 games
in a season.

 




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