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[[Image:2006Cardinals.jpg|right|280px|thumb|President George W. Bush hosts the 2006 World Series champion St. Louis Cardinals at the White House.]]
'''The World Series''' is the championship series of [[Major League Baseball]]. It is also known as the "Fall Classic." The playoffs follow the regular season, culminating in the World Series in late October each year. The event is a series of seven games played between the champions of the [[American League]] and [[National League]].
Television ratings for the World Series peaked in 1978 and has declined to only about a third of that level today. The biggest drop in ratings—roughly a third of the audience—occurred in 2005, when the scandal of performance-enhancing drugs and a congressional hearing rocked the sport,<ref>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A43422-2005Mar17.html</ref> and the World Series television audience has never recovered since.<ref>http://www.baseball-almanac.com/ws/wstv.shtml</ref>
== History ==
The World Series has taken place annually since 1903, with the exception of 1904 and 1994. The first World Series was the culmination of a bitter dispute between the new American League and the older National League. (The clubs went so far as to challenge each other to a game of football at the end of the 1902 season). The two leagues organized a series of post-season exhibition games between each other, with the two pennant winners (The [[Pittsburgh Pirates]] of the National League and the [[Boston Red Sox]] of the American League) squaring off. That series of games is considered the first World Series. [[Boston]] beat [[Pittsburgh]] five games to three. The win gave credibility to the American League and brought [[pride]] to Boston.
In the 2010 World Series, the [[San Francisco Giants]] beat the Texas Rangers four games to one. The game-by-game scores were (Giants first): 11-7, 9-0, 2-4, 4-0, 3-1. Edgar Rentería, the Giants shortstop, was named Most Valuable Player. The S.F. Giants were also the winners of the 2012 World series. In 2016, the [[Chicago Cubs]] won the World Series for the first time since 1908.
==Record==
The [[New York Yankees]] have won the most World Series championships, with 27.<ref>[http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/history/postseason/mlb_ws.jsp?feature=club_champs MLB.com]</ref>
==References==
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==See also==
* [[Major League Baseball]]
* [[Boston Red Sox]] 2007 Winners.
== External links ==
*[http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/ps/y2006/index.jsp MLB.com World Series]
*[http://www.baseball-almanac.com/ws/wsmenu.shtml World Series History]
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