More World Series Win/Loss Streaks Notes

Three World Series rematches are on the schedule in the next series beginning tonight.

All 6 teams involved, have current, multiple World Series winning or losing streaks.

The 1915 W.S. redux of Boston Red Sox at Philadelphia Phillies has Boston with a 4 game win streak and the Phils, having lost in their last 2 W.S. appearances. Boston won in 2004, 2007 2013, and 2018 while the Phillies, were 6’d in both 2009 and 2022.

Also Boston won the first World Series, that in 1903, while Philadelphia (Phillies) were the last original team to “title,” that not happening until 1980.

Also on “el” docket– there is Pittsburgh hosting Detroit. Those franchises the Pirates and Tigers respectively, clashed in the first maximum games/7 such World Series, in 1909.

Pittsburgh won it, the entity was billed to a great publicity extent, as the Pirates’ Honus Wagner vs the Tigers’ Tyrus Raymond Cobb, two all-time baseball immortals.

The Pirates have victories in their last 3 World Series (1960, 1971 and 1979 evoking Bill Mazeroski and Hal Smith in ’60, Roberto “The great” Clemente in ’71 and Wilver Stargell in ’79) while “Det” lost in their last 2 (2006 and 2012, winning just 1 of the 9 tilts played).

Finally, the Minnesota Twins visit L.A. to face the so over rated and still huge plurality/relative favorites to repeat as champions, something (the team, second to the Yankees with 11 crowns, 16 less than the Yankees and try 9 and 11, those #’s as last years either won a W.S.–the Yankees in 2009 and St. Louis Cardinals in 2011, the Cards also have never repeated as W.S. winners) the Dodgers have never accomplished.

In ’65, Sandy Koufax, Lou Johnson and the Dodgers prevailed in #7 at Minnesota’s outdoor Metropolitan Stadium, to win the title.

Each team has won its last 2 World Series. L.A. got a “B.S.” 2020 crown before last year’s very accomplished title. Minne (11-1) as the Twins in home World Series tilts, won it all in both 1987 and 1991, each clinched at the indoor, very loud Metrodome, in a decisive 7th game.

8 time N.L. batting champion and consensus greatest shortstop and among the greatest at any baseball position, Honus Wagner, is pictured above.