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Monday, November 3, 2014

Road-Tripping the 1903 World Series


A few days ago, Giants' ace Madison Bumgarner capped off a historically impressive World Series performance, bringing the Commissioner's Trophy to San Francisco for the third time in five years.  In doing so, he added his name to an elite list of legendary big-gamers in the fall classic.  The list goes all the way back to Denton True "Cy" Young, who pitched in the very first World Series 111 years ago.  Today, inspired by the Bumgarner's recent heroics, I'd like to take you on a virtual road trip to October of 1903, when the mighty Cy Young and his Boston Americans took on Honus Wagner and the rest of the Pittsburgh Pirates in the first championship series between the American and National leagues.