A Brief History of the October Classic
             In America's favorite pastime, the game of baseball, there is one major goal each
             year for every team in the league, and that is to win the World series. For nearly one
             hundred years, two teams each year have competed in a best of seven series with the
             champion of the American League and the champion of the National League representing
             their respective leagues. The New York Yankees have won the most titles by far, with
             twenty-five championships, and the St. Louis Cardinals have the second-most with ten.
             Many teams have never won the World Series, and with the small income and coverage
             of some teams, they may never win a series.
             From 1901 to 1902, the American and National leagues were staged in war, and
             there was no World Series. The American League was still very young, and many felt
             that they could not compete with the powerful teams of the National League. However, a
             national championship was not far away. When the Boston Pilgrims of the American
             League accepted a challenge from owner Barney Dreyfuss of the National League
             Pittsburgh Pirates, the modern World Series was born ( Total World Series-Boston 1).
             The Pirates entered the 1903 series heavily favored to win even with injuries to the ace of
             the pitching staff, Sam Leever and also to Honus Wagner. The Pirates had also lost
             pitcher Ed Doheny to mental illness.
             In game one of the series, Cy Young took the mound for the Pilgrims, but was
             stunned in the first inning as the Pirates scored four runs and went on to take a 1-0 series
             lead. In the game, the Pirates' Jimmy Sebring hit the first home run in World Series
             history (Total World Series-Boston 2). After taking a commanding 3-1 series lead, the
             tide began to turn on the Pirates. The Pilgrims won the next two games, and in game
             seven, Bill Dinneen held the Pirates to four hits as he shut them out for the second time in...