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Jun 7, 2005 · The World Series is the crushing blow of Fred Snodgrass dropping a routine fly ball and Willie McCovey hitting the final out straight to Bobby Richardson. It's the Curse of the Bambino, when loyal Red Sox fans live their entire lives without witnessing a championship and when Yankees fans witness four in five years...
World SeriesNational LeagueWinsAmerican League1903 World Series 8 Game SeriesPittsburgh Pirates [0 - 1 in Series ...3Boston Americans [1 - 0 in Series Play]1904 World Series x Game SeriesNo Series (See Fact #1) [x - x in Series ...xNo Series (See Fact #1) [x - x in Series ...1905 World Series 5 Game SeriesNew York Giants [1 - 0 in Series Play]4Philadelphia Athletics [0 - 1 in Series ...1906 World Series 6 Game SeriesChicago Cubs [0 - 1 in Series Play]2Chicago White Sox [1 - 0 in Series Play]The 1947 World Series matched the New York Yankees against the Brooklyn Dodgers. The Yankees won the Series in seven games for their 11th World Series championship in team history. Yankees manager Bucky Harris won the Series for the first time since managing the Washington Senators to their only title in 1924, a gap of 23 years, the longest ...
- September 30 – October 6
1947 Major News Events in History. Roswell UFO incident. U.S. Secretary of State George C. Marshall announces the “Marshall Plan”. The International Monetary Fund IMF begins to operate. The start of the Cold War which endured over four decades. The United Nations votes in favor of the creation of an Independent Jewish State of Israel.
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May 1, 2013 · While Robinson, the color barrier, and the first televised World Series are clearly the biggest stories of 1947, two other events merit a small mention as well. 1947 saw the first College World Series , which was won by California; and the first Little League World Series won by Williamsport, PA.
Background. The Indians, by winning the American League pennant, kept the Yankees from having a chance to win their sixth straight series. The last time the Yankees had been absent from the World Series was 1948, when the Indians defeated the Boston Braves to win the championship.
- September 29 – October 2
The 1947 World Series also accounted for three other Series "firsts" as it was the first to ever be televised, the first with a black player on a roster, and the first to produce total receipts over the $2,000,000 plateau. A breakdown of those receipts: Gate Receipts = $1,781,348.92, Radio Rights = $175,000.00 and Television Rights = $65,000.
