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Opening Day

CrashCrash
in Off-Topic
Despite the worship of money, the bad boys who never grew up, the ones who abuse wives and girlfriends, the doping and drugs, the Front Office jerks. I still look forward to this day, every year. "PLAY BALL!"

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  • TedTed
    @MFO Members: Speaking of baseball, name the year and the two teams who played in the World Series both who's home was west of the Mississippi ?
    Regards,
    Ted
  • MikeMMikeM
    Used to love the Orioles, Rochester's Parent club when I was a kid. Frank and Brooks Robinson, Boog Powell, Jim Palmer, McNally, Bobby Grich, Belanger, Blair, Buford. Crazy I can still remember all the names. Used to read box scores while having breakfast before going to school. But alas, lost interest in MLB some where along the line, maybe the strike in the 80's(?) Maybe before that. I can't remember. Still very much Americas pass time though. "PLAY BALL!"
  • Old_JoeOld_Joe
    edited March 2019
    @Ted- Well, in 2017 it was the Houston Astros vs the Los Angeles Dodgers.
  • TedTed
    Wrong better luck next time !
  • Old_JoeOld_Joe
    edited March 2019
    @Ted: Exactly what part of that is wrong?

    Wickipedia: "The 2017 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's 2017 season. The 113th edition of the World Series, it was played between October 24 and November 1. The series was a best-of-seven playoff between the National League champion Los Angeles Dodgers and the American League champion Houston Astros."

    The last time I looked both Los Angeles and Houston were "West of the Mississippi".

  • TedTed
    So is St.Louis !
    https://www.baseball-reference.com/postseason/1944_WS.shtml
  • carew388carew388
    @Ted In 1944, the St Louis Cardinals played the St Louis Browns in Old Sportsman Park. I only know this since I grew up in St Louis.
  • TedTed
    @carew388: A+:
  • Old_JoeOld_Joe
    @Ted: Again: EXACTLY WHAT PART OF MY ANSWER IS WRONG?
  • carew388carew388
    1944 was the first time this happened. Off the top of my head, other years would include 1965,1974,1985,1987,2002, 2011 and 2017. I'm sure I missed some.
  • carew388carew388
    Of course, 1988 and 1989!
  • Old_JoeOld_Joe
    @Ted: Your question: "name the year and the two teams who played in the World Series both who's home was west of the Mississippi " MAKES NO MENTION OF "THE FIRST TIME".

    As an ex-teacher, you rate an "F".
  • CrashCrash
    That lack of a time-element threw me, too.
  • Old_JoeOld_Joe
    edited March 2019
    (Deleted by OJ)
  • MikeMMikeM
    @carew388, I don't think I ever heard of the St Louis Browns. Did the franchise morph into something else?
  • CrashCrash
    St. Louis Browns were originally the Milwaukee Brewers, founded 1901, then moved and became the Baltimore Orioles.
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_St._Louis_Browns
  • MikeMMikeM
    Thank you Crash. The Brewers-Browns became my favorite team and I didn't even know it.
  • CrashCrash
    MikeM said:

    Thank you Crash. The Brewers-Browns became my favorite team and I didn't even know it.

    +1.


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