In the battle of two Bay Area teams, the Oakland A's swept the San Francisco Giants in four games during the 1989 World Series.
Only two teams go to the World Series: the American League champion and the National League champion.
Yes. Rickey Henderson was a member of two world championship teams -- the 1989 Oakland A's and the 1993 Toronto Blue Jays.
No. World Series is the winner of the ALCS vs winner of the NLCS.
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The Mariners and Nationals are the only two teams left to never have made a world series appearance.
Tony La Russa won the World Series three times as a manager. The first was with the Oakland A's in 1989, the last two were with the St. Louis Cardinals in 2006 and 2011.
George "Sparky" Anderson won two World Series titles with the Cincinnati Reds (1975-76) and one with the Detroit Tigers (1984). Tony La Russa won the 1989 World Series as manager of the Oakland A's and the 2006 Series at the helm of the St. Louis Cardinals.
The Atlanta Braves beat the Cleveland Indians in the 1995 World Series.
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The New York Yankees beat the Philadelphia Philles in the 2009 World Series.
The Yankees and the Dodgers have met each other eleven times in the World Series.