What Is The World Series

"Strike – you’re out!" "He’s safe!" "Homerun!" Every October, millions of baseball fans around the country anxiously wait to see which team wins baseball's biggest championship. But the original games of the 1900s hardly look like they do today. Take a look back over one hundred years and discover the history of baseball's greatest series. With triumphs, heartbreak, and superstitious curses, this action-packed book brings America’s Pastime to life.

Baseball has long been dubbed America's national pastime. When the top teams face off in the World Series each season, team legacies and fans' hearts are on the line. Author Matt Doeden covers the century-long history of the World Series, from its humble beginnings to becoming a worldwide sensation. Discover the drama behind the statistics and record books that keeps the crowd enthralled!

114 World Series in 1 book! This fabulous book journeys through the history of the World Series. A must read for any baseball enthusiast.

The final book in the series has Liam and Carter's teams on the verge of winning the greatest championship of all: the Little League Baseball® World Series. Cousins and best friends who grew up playing baseball together, Liam and Carter must now play against each other to achieve their dreams of winning the Series title! One cousin will win, and the other will lose. © 2013 Little League Baseball, Incorporated.

"MLB champions in their own words"--Jacket.

Recapturing the drama and color of this historic sporting event, Roger I. Abrams shows how the first world series (Boston Americans vs. Pittsburgh Pirates) provided a unique lens to view American life and culture at the dawn of the twentieth century. It is a fascinating story brimming with colorful, larger-than-life characters: legendary players Honus Wagner, Cy Young, Jimmy Collins, Fred Clarke, Big Bill Dineen, and Deacon Phillippe on the field; and Mike "Nuf Ced" McGreevey, "Honey Fitz" Fitzgerald, and the boisterous Boston Royal Rooters, cheering, chanting, and singing in the grandstands. This is also the story of how the post-season play gave disparate classes in society--Brahmins, industrialists, Irish politicians, Jewish immigrants--the rare opportunity to join in common support of their local teams and heroes.

The World Series has decided the champion of Major League Baseball since 1903! 30 teams swing it out each year for a chance to take home the Commissioner’s Trophy and become the champion of America’s favorite pastime. Students will read about big hits, repeat champions, and much more in this exciting title.

Celebrate the Houston Astros 2017 World Series Championship with the official publication from Major League Baseball! 2017 World Series Champions: Houston Astros takes fans out to the ball game and right down to the field-level action at Minute Maid Park and beyond. Published in conjunction with MLB and researched and written by their own in-house team of dedicated baseball experts, this commemorative book offers baseball fans not only a detailed game-by-game recap of Houston's run to a World Series title, but also a history of the Astros franchise and how this championship team was assembled. With more than 200 incredible photographs, exclusive Q&A's with stars like George Springer and Carlos Correa, regular season highlights from players like Jose Altuve, and postseason statistics and box scores, this official MLB publication celebrates all the unforgettable moments of this championship run. As fans learned after comebacks in both the ALCS and in Games 2 and 5 of the World Series, the Astros truly are Houston Strong.