Pointing out a Factual Mistake but with Limited Vitriol

I firmly believe that Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia of the internet is an overall very useful tool. However, any factual mistake ought to be pointed out.

Reader Ethan Reichberg, pointed one out to me, concerning the New York baseball Giants’ history.

As shown below, at the end of this post, from the Wikipedia site concerning the New York (baseball) Giants, now the San Francisco Giants, it reads that the Giants were SWEPT in the World Series by the New York Yankees in both 1936 and 1937.

In fact, while those great Yankees’ teams did defeat the Giants in both the 1936 and 1937 World Series, neither  victory was a sweep.

The Yankees won a tough 6 game series in 1936 and going up (3-0,) won in 5 games in 1937.

The Yankees from (1936-1939) were arguably baseball’s best team ever, a discussion for another day.

However, it should be pointed out that the next two years, 1938 and 1939, the Yankees did record World Series 4 game sweeps vs the Chicago Cubs in 1938 and Cincinnati Reds in 1939. The fact they did not sweep the Giants in either 1936 nor 1937 is significant.

In conclusion, a good job by reader Reichberg and despite this mistake, a usual good job by Wikipedia.

Below is the factual mistake text and a link to the page on which it was printed.

McGraw handed over the team to Bill Terry after the 1932 season, and Terry played for and managed the Giants for ten years, winning three pennants, defeating the Senators in the 1933 World Series but swept by the Yankees in consecutive fall classics, 1936 and 1937.

History of the New York Giants (NL) – Wikipedia,… (Read the history from 1930-1957 to see the factual mistake noted above).