During his baseball career, Schilling was a six-time All-Star selection, three-time World Series champion and 2001 World Series MVP.
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Required games are those that must be played: the first three of the Division Series and the first four of each of the League Championship Series and World Series.
Louis sneaked into the playoffs with an 83-78 record, but went on to win the World Series, earning them second place on our Worst World Series Champions list.
Weaver won the World Series in his second season, and returned to the World Series again in 1971, losing to the Pirates.
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Now the network is teaming up with casino giant Harrah's Entertainment, which bought the World Series of Poker, to form another league, the World Series of Poker Circuit.
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That point can be well-argued but the Yankee faithful still react with horror over the Red Sox amazing four straight win comeback for the league title in 2004, the World Series quite surprising loss in 2001 to Arizona, and the 1976 World Series sweep by the Cincinnati Reds.
It was the fourth time in World Series history that two former Cy Young Award winners faced each other in the first game of a World Series.
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Only two teams have never been to the World Series, eight teams have never won, and only eight teams have never been to more than one World Series.
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But unless the 2010 World Series goes the distance, the San Francisco Giants and Texas Rangers could turn in the biggest TV dud in World Series history.
By 1990, Larkin was featured on the national stage as the Cincinnati Reds swept the Oakland Athletics in the World Series and won their first world championship since 1976.
He also produced the TV series The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends, based on the tales by Beatrix Potter.
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Hamburg striker Mohamed Zidan has already been suspended by the Egyptians, who believe he faked injury to pull out of the month-long series of World Cup qualifiers.
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It was akin to the ball rolling through Red Sox first baseman Bill Buckner's legs in the 1986 World Series that allowed the Mets to become world champions.
Braun hit .332 with 33 homers and 111 RBIs last year and led Milwaukee to the NL championship series, where the Brewers lost to the eventual World Series champion St.
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Robinson took it a step further and won the World Series Most Valuable Player Award as the Orioles won their first world championship in a four game sweep of the Los Angeles Dodgers.
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The Indians went on to win and take the series in five games, denying the Yankees a chance to defend their World Series title.
Because with the San Francisco Giants leading the Philadelphia Phillies 3-1 in the National League Championship Series, Fox is faced with the prospect of one of its least appealing World Series matchups ever.
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The just-completed interleague series between the Yankees and Reds in Cincinnati probably had some people reflecting on the 1976 World Series, when the Bombers were swept out in four straight by the Big Red Machine of Pete Rose, Joe Morgan and Johnny Bench.
And Mr. Bonds says on the Web site, my quest for a World Series ring continues.
Mr. BRYANT: At least your team has gone to the World Series five or six times.
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The next year the Sox paid closer attention to the stats and won the World Series.
While Daley has won medals at diving World Series events, he has struggled with injuries.
Now if we could just get the Yanks to stop monopolizing the World Series.
There were three four-game sweeps and two five-game World Series between 2004 and 2008.
The race for the World Series promises to be one of the most entertaining in years.
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