Pirates/Giants/Washington Nationals and Yes, The Washington Senators

Tomorrow night, the Pittsburgh Pirates host the San Francisco Giants in a wild card playoff game, with the winner to face the Washington Nationals in one of two National League Division Series.

The potential division series matchups evoke some interesting World Series history.

No matter who wins the game tomorrow night, a Washington team will face one of the only two franchises a Washington team faced in a World Series.

The Washington team that participated in 3 World Series was the Senators, who became the Minnesota Twins in 1961.

As the Washington Senators, the team played in 3 World Series, two vs the New York Giants (now in San Francisco) and one vs the Pittsburgh Pirates.

The Senators split in two great World Series in consecutive years in 1924 and 1925. In the first, Washington won the title in the 12th inning of the decisive 7th game when a ball hit by Earl McNeely hit a pebble and went over the head of Hall of Famer, Freddy Lindstrom to score the Series winning run.

The next year, the Pirates battled back against the Senators to win game 7 by a (9-7) score with Kiki Cuyler delivering the big hit.

In 1933 the Giants gained some revenge for the 1924 heartbreaking loss, by beating the Senators in 5 games.

Rookie Harmon Killebrew as a Senator