The White Sox and Astros begin the World Series tomorrow night. Obviously , both clubs did not play in last years's series. I wondered how often the same two teams have met in consecutive fall classics (winners in bold).
Year AL NL
1907 Tigers Cubs
1908 Tigers Cubs
1921 Yankees Giants
1922 Yankees Giants
1923 Yankees Giants
1930 Athletics Cardinals
1931 Athletics Cardinals
1936 Yankees Giants
1937 Yankees Giants
1942 Yankees Cardinals
1943 Yankees Cardinals
1952 Yankees Dodgers
1953 Yankees Dodgers
1955 Yankees Dodgers
1956 Yankees Dodgers
1957 Yankees Milwaukee
1958 Yankees Milwaukee
1977 Yankees Dodgers
1978 Yankees Dodgers
While it's entirely unsurprising, it sickens me to see the Yankees appear so many times on that list.
ReplyDeleteyeah, sorry about that!
ReplyDeleteoff the top of my head, i figured the last time would have been during the nyy-nyg-bkn era. (i completely forgot about 76-77.)
Definitely not surprised that the Yankees dominate that list. That's what 26 World Championships will do. I can sum it up in one word: BORING. [Yawn]
ReplyDeleteTimes the Sox and Yanks appeared in consecutive World Series:
ReplyDelete3. ('46-'47; '75-'76; 2003-2004.)
Just throwin' that out there because I'd never thought of it before.