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The First Modern World Series Championship

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The First Modern World Series Championship

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Major League Baseball played its first modern World Series in 1903. The two top teams competing were the Boston Americans against the Pittsburgh Pirates in a best-of-nine series. Boston, from the new American League, five games to beat Pittsburgh three outdoing the best of the National League and intensifying demand for future World Series competitions.

Before 1903 the winners of the National League and American Association had played in post-season games from 1884 to 1891st It was called "The Championship of the United States" and "World's Championship Series" until the demise of the American Association in 1891. At that time matchups were disorganized compared to the modern World Series, and championships were awarded to the team with the best record at the end of the season. There were no post-season games and the overall champion was Determined by the matchup between the National League and American Association in a series of games after the season ended.

After the collapse of the American Association, the National League became the only major league. In 1901 the American League was formed by Ban Johnson, president of a minor league organization. Johnson and fellow owners began to sign star players like future Hall of Fame pitcher, Cy Young, from the National League. Young had played in the American Association with the Cleveland Spiders before moving to the National League.

Thanks to a powerful line-up, the Pittsburgh Pirates had won their third straight pennant in 1903. Despite dominating their league for the previous three years, the team was plagued with injuries and problems going into the World Series. The Pirates had the superior offense and fielding but Boston was known for its strong pitching. Although the teams were thought to be GeneRally evenly matched, Boston was considered the underdog of the Series.

Game 1 took place on October 1, 1903 at Huntington Avenue Baseball Grounds in Boston, Massachusetts. The Pirates came on strong scoring six runs in the first four innings. The first home run in World Series history was made by Pittsburgh's Jimmy Sebring in the seventh inning. Boston tried to make a comeback but lost the opener by a score of 7-3.

In Game 2 the Pirates shut down offensively getting only three hit singles. Boston won the game 3-0 with help from Patsy Dougherty's two home runs and pitcher Bill Dinneen who pitched a complete game and struck out eleven. The Pirates came back in Game 3 as pitcher Deacon Phillippe, Pittsburgh put up two games to one.

Game 4 of the Series was played at Exposition Park (III) in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Deacon Phillippe once again did his magic against Boston pitcher Bill Dinneen as the Pirates took a 3-1 series lead. Boston did rally at the top of the ninth to bring the game to within one run, but lost 5-4. Game 5 would see a pitcher's duel for the first five innings as Boston's Cy Young and Pittsburgh's Brickyard Kennedy did not give up any runs. The Americans managed to score six runs in the top of the sixth inning as Young kept the Pirates to only two runs at the bottom of the eighth. Boston went on to win the game 11-2.

Boston tied the series at three games apiece with their 6-3 victory over Pittsburgh in Game 6 Pitcher Cy Young held the Pirates to only three runs in Game 7 as Boston defeated the Pirates 7-3 in the final game in Pittsburgh. The final game of the inaugural World Series was played in Boston pitcher Bill Dinneen as Massachusetts outpitched Deacon Phillippe to shutout the Pirates with a 3-0 victory to end the Series.

The Boston Americans came back from a 3-1 deficit and won the final four games to win the first World Series game in modern major league baseball. The game would not see another comeback like that until the 1925 World Series when the Pirates came back to defeat the Washington Senators.

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