Tournament of World Series Champions

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We're halfway through Round 2! Here's an updated bracket, for those scoring at home.

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1962 New York Yankees (#83) 4, 1975 Cincinnati Reds (#19) 3
MVP: Johnny Bench (Cin 1975) .407/.452/1.037, 5 HR, 16 RBI
The Big Red Machine looked like they were unstoppable in the first two games. George Foster hit 2 home runs in Game 1 and had 7 RBI, and in Game 2, Johnny Bench topped him on both counts, with 3 home runs and 8 RBI. The Yankees were much better at home, playing a Game 3 that was close all the way, and won in the bottom of the 10th when Elston Howard scored due to a Joe Morgan error. Games 4 and 5 were almost as bad for the Reds as the first two games were for the Yankees, as New York outscored them by a combined score of 16-3. Tom Tresh went 7-for-7 in those two games. It looked like the Yankees were going to finish it off in Game 6, leading 8-4 in the 9th. The Reds weren't going to quit though, and they walked off with 5 runs scored, with the only out coming on a sac fly. Game 7 was close for most of the game, and Cincinnati had a 2-1 lead after 6. But 2 runs in the 7th and 3 in the 8th propelled the Yankees into the next round.
Scores:
Cin 12 NYY 2
Cin 15 NYY 8
NYY 5 Cin 4 (10)
NYY 9 Cin 2
NYY 7 Cin 1
Cin 9 NYY 8
NYY 6 Cin 2
The 1962 Yankees' next opponent will be the 1961 Yankees, who beat the 1925 Pirates in 6 games. The battle for early 60s Yankee supremacy!

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1903 Boston Americans (#23) 5, 1949 New York Yankees (#42) 3
MVP: Candy LaChance (Bos 1903) .387/.441/.419, 0 HR, 4 RBI
It's been a while since we've had a best of 9, and this one was hard fought. Cy Young pitched an excellent Game 1, giving Boston the first win, despite an attempted Yankee comeback in the 9th. Dick Kryhoski went 3-for-3 with a run and 2 RBI in Game 2 to help the Yankees take the second 1-run game. With 4 runs in both the 1st and 4th innings, as well as a great performance by pitcher Bill Dinneen, Boston dominated Game 3. The Americans went up 3-1 in the series in Game 4, due to Bill Freeman's 3-for-3 night and Cy Young pitching like... himself. The Yankees came back to tie the series 3-3 by winning the next two. Joe DiMaggio's 4-for-5 performance in Game 5, including hitting the walk-off single in the 9th, won them that one. And a 4-run 7th combined with the almost-a-shutout pitching Vic Raschi (he gave up 2 in the 8th) got them that series tie. Boston rallied in the second half of Game 7 to retake the series lead, and their offense in Game 8 assured everyone that there would be no Game 9. Candy LaChance went 3-for-3 in that game, and 6 other Boston players had 2 hits.
Scores:
Bos 3 NYY 2
NYY 5 Bos 4
Bos 8 NYY 2
Bos 3 NYY 1
NYY 4 Bos 3
NYY 5 Bos 2
Bos 9 NYY 6
Bos 10 NYY 3
The 1903 Americans' next opponent will be the 1905 Giants, who beat the 1957 Braves in 6 games.

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1977 New York Yankees (#54) 5, 1919 Cincinnati Reds (#11) 2
MVP: Chris Chambliss (NYY 1977) .429/.452/.536, 0 HR, 5 RBI
The Reds were heavily favored, but the results don't bear that out. A 3-run 8th inning in Game 1 did propel them to an early series lead, but the Yankees topped that with a 5-run 8th in Game 2 to tie the series. Cincinnati got an excellent pitching performance from Jimmy Ring in Game 3, and the back-and-forth continued in Game 4, in which the Yankees never trailed. The Reds had a very real shot at winning this series at this point, especially considering that they were leading Game 5 7-3 going into the 9th. But they could only get a single Yankee out in the 9th, as New York put up 4 almost entirely on singles (with a reached-on-error and the aforementioned out, which was a sac fly, thrown in). Game 6 also went the Reds' way, with them leading 2-1 in the 9th. But it was deja vu all over again, as Chris Chambliss and Graig Nettles hit doubles in the final frame, and that was followed by another double, this one by Mickey Rivers, to give the Yankees their second straight walk-off win. Cincinnati pitcher Hod Eller was determined to win Game 7, pitching a complete game 4-hitter, and only giving up one unearned run. But Yankees pitcher Ron Guidry was better, throwing a 2-hit shutout for the series win.
Scores:
Cin 6 NYY 4
NYY 8 Cin 3
Cin 2 NYY 1
NYY 6 Cin 2
NYY 8 Cin 7
NYY 3 Cin 2
NYY 1 Cin 0
The 1977 Yankees' next opponent will be the winner of the 1930 A's / 1993 Blue Jays matchup.

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1942 St. Louis Cardinals (#9) 4, 1960 Pittsburgh Pirates (#56) 3
MVP: Jimmy Brown (SL 1942) .440/.517/.520, 0 HR, 2 RBI
It's a good thing these are computer-generated players, because otherwise the 1960 Pirates would need some therapy about now. Pittsburgh won Game 1 with a Bob Skinner sac fly in the 9th inning. Then they got 2 in the 10th inning of Game 2, and held off a 1-run attempt at a comeback in the bottom of the inning. They then crushed the Cardinals with 10 runs and 22 hits in Game 3. Both Skinner and Bill Virdon had 4 hits in that game. With only needing one more to sweep, it all fell apart. St. Louis scored 6 in the 2nd inning of Game 4 and 4 in the 9th on their way to crushing the Pirates. Max Lanier pitched the Cardinals to a win in Game 5 with the help of Walker Cooper's 4 hits and 3 RBI. The Cards then took Game 6, tying the series. The Pirates looked like they were going to come through in the end though, as they had a 6-5 lead in Game 7. But in the bottom of the 9th, Terry Moore hit an RBI single, tying the game. Then, with 2 out and the bases loaded, Stan Musial hit a routine ground ball to second. SS Dick Groat dropped the throw, allowing the winning run to score.
Scores:
Pit 3 SL 2
Pit 4 SL 3 (10)
Pit 10 SL 3
SL 15 Pit 8
SL 4 Pit 2
SL 6 Pit 4
SL 7 Pit 6
The 1942 Cardinals' next opponent will be the 1928 Yankees, who swept the 1954 Giants in 4 games.

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2005 Chicago White Sox (#63) 4, 1927 New York Yankees (#2) 3
MVP: Scott Podsednik (CWS 2005) .414/.471/.552, 0 HR, 4 RBI
If the #1 seed falling to the #64 seed raised questions about how well these teams were seeded, this one shows that any of these teams can win it all. The 1927 Yankees are considered one of the best ever (the in-game description of the season mentions it too), but they still couldn't finish off the 2005 White Sox. The Yankees led Game 1 4-1 through 7, but a flurry of runs in the final innings made it exciting, but they still finished on top. Game 2 showed that this wasn't going to be a walk in the park for the heavily favored Yankees, as the White Sox scored 2 in the 1st and 3 in the 2nd on their way to tying the series. New York roared back in Game 3, scoring between 1-3 runs in each of the last 4 innings. The Yanks then led Game 4 4-3, and looked to take a strong lead in the series. But with one out in the bottom of the 9th, Scott Podsednik hit a double, and then scored on an Aaron Rowand triple. Tadahito Iguchi then hit a walk-off double to tie the series again. The Yankees had their own 9th inning heroics in Game 5. With the score tied at 3 and runners on 1st and 3rd, Mark Koenig hit an RBI single. This was followed by a Joe Dugan triple that scored the two runners. Dan Ruether finished off the Sox off with a 1-2-3 9th. The pendulum swung back to Chicago in Game 6 with another 9th inning run, this time on a Podsednik sac fly, giving the Sox a 1-run victory and another series tie. Game 7 was scoreless through 5, but Chicago got 4 runs in the 6th. They then got another 2 in the 9th, which they needed, because New York tried for another late comeback with 4 of their own. But it wasn't enough.
Scores: (Note: In 5 of 7 games, the losing team scored a total of 4 runs)
NYY 7 CWS 4
CWS 6 NYY 4
NYY 9 CWS 4
CWS 5 NYY 4
NYY 6 CWS 3
CWS 2 NYY 1
CWS 6 NYY 4
The 2005 White Sox's next opponent will be the winner of the 1923 Yankees / 1955 Dodgers series.

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1980 Philadelphia Phillies (#103) 4, 2009 New York Yankees (#39) 2
MVP: Lonnie Smith (Phi 1980) .481/.481/.630, 0 HR, 2 RBI
Another big upset for the 1980 Phillies. Game 1 was a pitchers' duel that was scoreless through 7. The Yankees scored 4 in the 8th, and CC Sabathia finished a 3-hit shutout. The Phillies scored 3 in the 1st inning of Game 2, then scored the winning run in the 7th on a Greg Luzinski solo home run, and held on to win a close game. Game 3 included a 5-run 7th for the Phillies and a 4-run 8th for the Yankees, and it was 6-6 in the 9th. The Phillies' Del Unser hit a walk-off double in the bottom of the 9th to take the series lead. They then took a 3-1 series lead in Game 4 which was close, but never really in doubt. The Yankees extended the series with a Game 5 shutout blowout. The Phillies ensured that there would be no 7th game with a very strong 9-3 Game 6 win.
Scores:
NYY 4 Phi 0
Phi 4 NYY 3
Phi 7 NYY 6
Phi 3 NYY 1
NYY 9 Phi 0
Phi 9 NYY 3
The 1980 Phillies' next opponent will be the 1929 A's, who beat the 1979 Pirates in 5 games.

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1948 Cleveland Indians (#49) 4, 1911 Philadelphia Athletics (#16) 3
MVP: Ken Keltner (Cle 1948) .429/.448/.679, 1 HR, 4 RBI
Cleveland went up 5-0 in the 1st inning of Game 1, but by the end of the 6th inning it was tied at 8. In the bottom of the 9th, Bris Lord hit a walk-off single to score Home Run Baker to give the A's the win. Philadelphia also won Game 2, by a hefty margin, to make it look like the A's were on their way to the next round. But Cleveland wasn't nearly done. Game 3 featured a pitching performance by Bob Feller where he only gave up 3 hits and 1 run to the A's. Then Cleveland got a walk-off win in the 11th inning of Game 4, with a leadoff triple by Lou Boudreau followed by Philadelphia pitcher Cy Morgan hurling a wild pitch on his very next throw that scored him. Philly led Game 5 1-0 from the 1st inning until the 7th, where the Indians scored all 5 of their runs, and Cleveland had a 3-2 series lead. The A's came back to tie the series in a Game 6 that was never really in doubt. They then took an early 2-0 lead in Game 7, which became 2-1 in the 4th. It then became a 3-2 Cleveland lead in the 7th, and the Indians tacked another run on in the 9th for good measure, but they didn't need it and won the series.
Scores:
Phi 9 Cle 8
Phi 10 Cle 1
Cle 2 Phi 1
Cle 6 Phi 5 (11)
Cle 5 Phi 1
Phi 6 Cle 3
Cle 4 Phi 2
The 1948 Indians' next opponent will be the winner of the 1970 Orioles / 1967 Cardinals series.

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1955 Brooklyn Dodgers (#34) 4, 1923 New York Yankees (#31) 1
MVP: Duke Snider (Brk 1955) .524/.565/.952, 2 HR, 7 RBI
The Yankees handled the Dodgers pretty well in Game 1, but it was pretty much all Brooklyn after that. Johnny Podres pitched the Dodgers to a strong shutout win in Game 2. After getting 3 hits in that game, Duke Snider got 3 more plus 4 RBI in Game 3 to power Brooklyn to another win. Podres pitched another strong game in Game 4, keeping New York down again. Don Hoak and Roy Campanella each got 3 hits in Game 5, with Campanella and Gil Hodges each getting 3 RBI to finish off the Yankees.
Scores:
NYY 8 Brk 2
Brk 8 NYY 0
Brk 7 NYY 4
Brk 5 NYY 2
Brk 9 NYY 5
The 1955 Dodgers' next opponent will be the 2005 White Sox, who beat the #2 seeded 1927 Yankees in 7 games.

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1970 Baltimore Orioles (#17) 4, 1967 St. Louis Cardinals (#48) 1
MVP: Frank Robinson (Bal 1970) .400/.435/.850, 2 HR, 4 RBI
The Orioles acted like the favored team and dominated most aspects of this series. It didn't seem like it started that way, though. The Cardinals took a 4-3 lead into the 9th inning of Game 1, but a leadoff single by Mark Belanger in the bottom of the 9th was followed by a walk-off home run by Dave May. St. Louis also led Game 2 for most of the game, this time by a 1-0 score. Then Baltimore exploded for 4 in the 8th and took that game, too. The two teams combined for 29 hits in Game 3, but Baltimore won the slugfest behind Frank Robinson's 4 hits, 3 runs and 3 RBI. St. Louis avoided the sweep with a decisive victory of their own in Game 5, capped by a 6-run 7th. They scored 11 runs on only 8 hits. Orioles pitchers combined for 9 walks. In Game 5, Baltimore scored 3 in the 4th and never let it get too close after that, sealing the series.
Scores:
Bal 5 SL 4
Bal 4 SL 1
Bal 13 SL 7
SL 11 Bal 6
Bal 5 SL 2
The 1970 Orioles' next opponent will be the 1948 Indians, who beat the 1911 A's in 7 games.

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1920 Cleveland Indians (#37) 5, 1959 Los Angeles Dodgers (#101) 3
MVP: Charlie Jamieson (Cle 1920) .467/.590/.667, 1 HR, 9 RBI
The series started out with a Game 1 slugfest that the Dodgers led 9-2 in the 8th inning. But Cleveland scored 3 in the 8th and 4 in the 9th in an amazing comeback to tie it. L.A. then scored another 3 in the 10th, and Cleveland countered with only 1. Cleveland's offense continued in Game 2, scoring 9 runs in the first 2 innings on their way to routing the Dodgers, and then won Game 3 easily as well. The Dodgers had a 6-1 lead after 6 in Game 4, and Cleveland had another comeback, scoring 2, 1 and 5 in the last 3 innings, taking a 3-1 series lead. Game 5 featured a shutout by Dodgers pitcher Johnny Podres, and they also won Game 6 on a walk-off single by Joe Pignatano. The Indians simply dominated Game 7, and Game 8 featured yet another late-game Indians comeback, this time trailing 3-1 and scoring 3 in the 9th, with a walk-off series-clinching double by Charlie Jamieson.
Scores:
LA 12 Cle 10
Cle 12 LA 4
Cle 9 LA 3
Cle 9 LA 6
LA 4 Cle 0
LA 2 Cle 1
Cle 12 LA 1
Cle 4 LA 3
The 1920 Indians' next opponent will be the 1939 Yankees, who beat the 1914 Braves in 6 games.

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1910 Philadelphia Athletics (#13) 4, 1934 St. Louis Cardinals (#52) 3
MVP: Danny Murphy (Phi 1910) .393/.419/.571, 0 HR, 6 RBI
Game 1 was scoreless until the 7th inning, when the Cardinals scored both of their runs. Unfortunately for them, the A's scored 3 runs in the 9th, ending with a walk-off hit by Topsy Hartsel. Philadelphia continued their winning ways in Game 2 behind a 2-hitter pitched by Jack Coombs, and again in a dominant Game 3. It looked like the A's were on their way to a sweep, but St. Louis edged them out in Game 4, then won Game 5 in a 4-hitter by Tex Carleton, and then scored all 4 of their Game 6 runs in the 9th inning to force a final game. Philadelphia seemed to finally remember they were still playing this series in Game 7, scoring all of their runs in the first 2 innings, with Coombs shutting the Cardinals out until the 9th, when they scored their only run.
Scores:
Phi 3 SL 2
Phi 3 SL 1
Phi 11 SL 2
SL 8 Phi 7
SL 4 Phi 1
SL 4 Phi 3
Phi 4 SL 1
The 1910 Athletics' next opponent will be the winner of the 1986 Mets / 1976 Reds series.

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1930 Philadelphia Athletics (#22) 4, 1993 Toronto Blue Jays (#86) 1
MVP: Jimmie Foxx (Phi 1930) .435/.519/.913, 3 HR, 13 RBI
Game 1 was tied at 2 until the Blue Jays broke it open with 4 in the 8th, including a 3-run homer by Joe Carter. From then on, the A's had at least one big inning per game, and Toronot couldn't keep up. Game 2 saw the A's be held scoreless only in the 1st and 7th innings, and scoring 5 in both the 4th and 8th, and 8 in the 5th, leading to one of the biggest blowouts of the tournament. Jimmie Foxx had 6 RBI in the game, 2 others had 3 RBI (including Jimmy Moore on a pinch-hit home run), and 4 players had 3 hits. Game 3 featured another 8-run inning by Philadelphia, with another 4 RBI for Foxx. Another blowout came in Game 4, and another in Game 5 in a Rube Walberg shutout. While Max Bishop and Jimmy Dykes didn't hit well for the series, every other Philly regular hit .375 or better.
Scores:
Tor 6 Phi 2
Phi 22 Tor 4
Phi 13 Tor 2
Phi 10 Tor 2
Phi 9 Tor 0
The 1930 Athletics' next opponent will be the 1977 Yankees, who beat the 1919 Reds in 7 games in a best-of-9 series.

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1936 New York Yankees (#18) 4, 1992 Toronto Blue Jays (#82) 2
MVP: Lou Gehrig (NYY 1936) .421/.571/.632, 1 HR, 7 RBI
Toronto came out of the gate in Game 1 with a 3-hit shutout by Juan Guzman (although he did walk 6). The teams traded scores throughout Game 2, but the Yankees came out on top thanks to Bill Dickey's 3 hits and 3 RBI. New York led Game 3 10-2 in the 9th, and the Blue Jays attempted a last-inning comeback, scoring 4. Unfortunately for them, it only made the score look closer than it was. It was a bit of role reversal in Game 4, as the Blue Jays led 5-3 in the 9th. The Yankees scored 2 to tie it up, but in the bottom of the inning, Devon White hit a walk-off single to end it. New York dominated Game 5, and Red Rolfe had 4 RBI in the game, with Frankie Crosetti adding 3 more. The Jays looked to push the series into a deciding game, as they led Game 6 4-3 going into the 8th inning. But the Yankees scored 4 in that inning, with nothing stronger than a double (the rest were walks and singles), and took the series.
Scores:
Tor 3 NYY 0
NYY 6 Tor 5
NYY 10 Tor 6
Tor 6 NYY 5
NYY 11 Tor 2
NYY 7 Tor 4
The 1936 Yankees' next opponent will be the winner of the 1915 Red Sox / 1958 Yankees series. (Which happens to be next)

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1915 Boston Red Sox (#15) 4, 1958 New York Yankees (#79) 1
MVP: Dick Hoblitzell (Bos 1915) .368/.455/.526, 0 HR, 5 RBI
The Yankees scored a run in the 1st inning of Game 1, and it was 1-0 all the way until the 8th when the Red Sox scored 2 on singles and walks, and the game would end 2-1. New York again had a 1-run lead in Game 2, but gave up 4 runs in the 5th inning. The Yankees again jumped out to an early lead (2-0 in the 1st) in Game 3, and again they let Boston back in it, this time with a 5-run 4th. The Yankees immediately made it close again, but the Sox held on, scoring 3 more insurance runs in the 7th and nearing a series sweep. New York took another lead in the 3rd inning of Game 4, and this time they held on, with neither team scoring the rest of the way. The Yankees had a good shot at extending the series again, as Game 5 was tied at 3 going into the 9th. But the top of the 9th started with Yankees pitcher Bob Turley hitting Red Sox pitcher Babe Ruth with a pitch on a 1-2 count, and it was all downhill for New York from there. When it was over, the Sox had scored 5 times, and the bottom half of the inning saw Smoky Joe Wood replace Ruth on the mound and get 3 straight ground outs to end the series.
Scores:
Bos 2 NYY 1
Bos 5 NYY 2
Bos 8 NYY 4
NYY 4 Bos 2
Bos 8 NYY 3
The 1915 Red Sox's next opponent will be the 1936 Yankees, who just beat the 1992 Blue Jays in 6 games.

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1986 New York Mets (#20) 4, 1976 Cincinnati Reds (#45) 1
MVP: Gary Carter (NYM 1986) .455/.455/1.000, 3 HR, 8 RBI
The Mets jumped out to a 3-0 lead in Game 1 and held off a late-game comeback by the Reds to barely win the game. Kevin Mitchell went 3-for-4. Game 2 started the same way, with the Mets taking an early 3-0 lead. Their pitching didn't hold out this time, as the Reds scored in every inning from the 6th to the 9th for a decisive win. The Mets jumped out to an early lead in Game 3 as well, only this time with 2 runs in the 1st and another 6 in the 3rd. The Reds mounted another comeback, but it wasn't nearly enough. Game 4 started as a back-and-forth game, with both teams scoring a run in the 1st, then the Mets taking a 3-2 lead after 2. New York poured it on after that, scoring 3 more in the 3rd, 2 in the 6th, and exploding for 8 in the 8th. Manny Sarmiento pitched 1.0 inning for the Reds, and was the only one of the 5 pitchers they used that didn't give up any runs. Darryl Strawberry had 4 hits, and Gary Carter had 3 hits with 3 runs and 4 RBI. Game 5 was slightly different. For once Cincinnati jumped out to an early lead, going up 5-2 after 3. But the Mets couldn't be stopped, and they scored 7 runs in the 7th, all on home runs from Lenny Dykstra, Mookie Wilson and Keith Hernandez, and all with runners on.
Scores:
NYM 3 Cin 2
Cin 8 NYM 3
NYM 8 Cin 3
NYM 16 Cin 2
NYM 9 Cin 7
The 1986 Mets' next opponent will be the 1910 Athletics, who beat the 1934 Cardinals in 7 games.

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1917 Chicago White Sox (#30) 4, 1950 New York Yankees (#35) 2
MVP: Happy Felsch (CWS 1917) .370/.370/.630, 1 HR, 6 RBI
Game 1 had a lot of back-and-forth. The Yankees jumped out to a 3-0 lead after 2. The White Sox scored 2 in the 3rd to close the gap, but New York scored another in the 4th. Chicago scored 4 in the 5th to take a 6-4 lead. The Yankees scored in the 7th and 9th to tie it up, and then got 5 hits in the 10th inning to score 3 times and take the game. Game 2 wasn't as dramatic, as Chicago scored 4 in the 5th and never looked back. Happy Felsch went 3-for-4. Game 3 saw the Yankees' Hank Bauer go 4-for-5 and play a part in their 3-run 6th inning, but the Sox had already scored 3 in the 3rd and again in the 5th, and New York couldn't catch up. The teams fought hard again in Game 4, with the Yankees taking a 3-1 lead in the 1st, but Chicago turning it into a 4-3 White Sox lead by the 3rd. New York didn't give up, and scored in the 6th, 7th and 8th to tie the series. Chicago's Reb Russell's complete game 6-hitter was enough to beat Eddie Lopat's excellent pitching in Game 5. Happy Felsch came through again with the game winning RBI on a triple. That was followed by an even better pitching performance from the Sox, this time by Eddie Cicotte with a 3-hitter, and Chicago never trailed in Game 6.
Scores:
NYY 9 CWS 6
CWS 6 NYY 3
CWS 6 NYY 4
NYY 6 CWS 4
CWS 2 NYY 1
CWS 4 NYY 1
The 1917 White Sox's next opponent will be the 1907 Cubs, who beat the 1978 Yankees in 7 games.

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And that's it for Round 2! Here is a look at some of the stats:
Higher-ranked teams: 22-10
Teams with 1st round byes: 12-5 -- Both the #1 and #2 teams lost in their first matchups.
Yankees teams: 10-12 (8-10 if you don't count Yankees/Yankees matchups) -- The Bronx Bombers faired much worse in this round than they did in the 1st.
Half of the remaining Yankee teams are in the lower right of the bracket, and four of them are playing each other.

Remaining teams
Yankees 10
Athletics, Red Sox/Americans 3
Cardinals, Dodgers, Indians, Mets, Tigers, White Sox 2
Cubs, Giants, Orioles, Phillies 1

Now it's on to Round 3! We're down to 32 teams, and here are the matchups:
1963 Dodgers vs. 1984 Tigers
1948 Indians vs. 1970 Orioles
1912 Red Sox vs. 1968 Tigers
1942 Cardinals vs. 1928 Yankees
1998 Yankees vs. 1964 Cardinals
1910 Athletics vs. 1986 Mets
1939 Yankees vs. 1920 Indians
1969 Mets vs. 1937 Yankees
2005 White Sox vs. 1955 Dodgers
1915 Red Sox vs. 1936 Yankees
1929 Athletics vs. 1980 Phillies
1905 Giants vs. 1903 Americans
1907 Cubs vs. 1917 White Sox
1961 Yankees vs. 1962 Yankees
1932 Yankees vs. 1951 Yankees
1977 Yankees vs. 1930 Athletics

You should find an updated version of the bracket attached here.

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1955 Brooklyn Dodgers (#34) 4, 2005 Chicago White Sox (#63) 0
MVP: Carl Furillo (Brk 1955) .438/.500/.688, 1 HR, 6 RBI
The 2005 White Sox took out the vaunted 1927 Yankees in the previous round, but could not come close to competing with the 1955 Dodgers. Don Newcombe held Chicago to 2 runs in Game 1 while Duke Snider had 2 RBI by himself, helping the Dodgers run away with the game. Game 2 was worse for the White Sox, with the Dodgers jumping out to a 4-0 lead in the 1st. Chicago brought it to 4-3 by the 3rd, but Brooklyn scored again in the bottom of that inning. They traded runs in the 5th, and then the Dodgers scored another in the 7th and exploded for 6 more in the 8th, all on singles, doubles and walks. Game 3 looked like it would be better for the Sox, as they went up 4-0 and kept the Dodgers scoreless through 6 innings. But Brooklyn came alive in the last 3 innings, scoring 3 in the 7th, another 3 in the 8, and having another explosive 6-run inning in the 9th. Game 4 was close most of the way, with both teams scoring multiple runs in the 2nd, coming out of that inning with a narrow 3-2 Brooklyn lead. They both scored one more in the 4th, and Brooklyn tacked on an insurance run in the 6th, sweeping away the series. With this loss, the 2005 White Sox become the last of the 21st century teams to fall. All remaining teams are from the 1900s.
Scores:
Brk 6 CWS 2
Brk 13 CWS 5
Brk 12 CWS 6
Brk 5 CWS 3
The 1955 Dodgers' next opponent will be the winner of the 1915 Red Sox / 1936 Yankees matchup. (And they happen to be next)

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1915 Boston Red Sox (#15) 4, 1936 New York Yankees (#18) 3
MVP: Dick Hoblitzell (Bos 1915) .483/.516/.586, 0 HR, 8 RBI
Our first matchup between two top-20 teams (there's one more this round) went the distance. Game 1 saw New York running away with it early, with the Red Sox scoring both of their runs in the 9th. Boston tied it up in Game 2, thanks in part to a 6-run 6th that saw 12 batters come up to the plate; Duffy Lewis was responsible for 2 of the 3 outs that inning. Game 3 was a back-and-forth slugfest. Boston scored 3 in the 3rd, but the Yankees tied it up with a run in the 4th and 2 more in the 5th. Boston jumped ahead with 5 in the 6th, but New York answered in the 7th with 5 of their own. Boston took a 1-run lead in the 8th, and then added yet another 5 runs in the 9th. The Yankees couldn't answer that. Game 4 saw the Red Sox pouring it on some more, partially behind Lewis's 3-for-4 performance, putting behind the sting of that 2-out inning from earlier in the series. That put them up 3-1 and the Yankees in a win-or-go-home Game 5, and New York took the "win" part very seriously. They had innings where they scored 6, 3, 2 and 5 runs, easily beating the Sox. No Yankee had more than 2 hits in the game, but both Monte Pearson and Lou Gehrig had 2-run home runs. The Yankees then pushed the series to the limit in Game 6, thanks to a great 4-hitter by Johnny Broaca. Game 7 was all Boston though, due to a nearly-perfect Rube Foster, who pitched a 1-hit masterpiece (with only 2 walks). Boston's Dick Hoblitzell was named MVP for the 2nd straight series. All 3 of Boston's losses were attributed to Ernie Shore, and Yankee legend Red Ruffing also lost all 3 games he pitched.
Scores:
NYY 8 Bos 2
Bos 7 NYY 4
Bos 14 NYY 8
Bos 8 NYY 4
NYY 16 Bos 3
NYY 4 Bos 1
Bos 4 NYY 0
The 1915 Red Sox's next opponent will be the 1955 Dodgers, who just swept the 2005 White Sox in 4 games.