FullOfBallooons@leminal.space to 100 Years Ago@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago[October 10, 1923] The first World Series game ever held at Yankee Stadium is played today, between the Yankees and the New York Giants. Giants take Game 1 5-4.leminal.spaceexternal-linkmessage-square2fedilinkarrow-up110arrow-down11
arrow-up19arrow-down1external-link[October 10, 1923] The first World Series game ever held at Yankee Stadium is played today, between the Yankees and the New York Giants. Giants take Game 1 5-4.leminal.spaceFullOfBallooons@leminal.space to 100 Years Ago@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square2fedilink
minus-squareFullOfBallooons@leminal.spaceOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoIt’s a goofy name, honestly. I’m pretty sure it comes from a time when only the US took baseball seriously, so you technically make the argument that the team that won was the best in the whole world. But nowadays it just sounds silly.
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It’s a goofy name, honestly. I’m pretty sure it comes from a time when only the US took baseball seriously, so you technically make the argument that the team that won was the best in the whole world. But nowadays it just sounds silly.