World Series Tickets


The World Series is the pinnacle trophy in the race for the baseball post-season championship. As American as apple pie served on Thanksgiving Day, this best-of-seven contest has won the hearts of millions of viewers since it's inception in 1903.

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Though there were many versions before the 1903 "Fall Classic," the term first showed up in the 1880s referring to The World's Championship Series. The two major components of Major League Baseball today, the National and American Leagues, were not always present.

The National League was established in 1867. The American League was created 25 years later, and is often called the Junior Circuit because it was elevated to major league status in 1901. It was originally the Western League, a minor league in the great lakes area. It challenged the monopoly of The National League in 1899 by changing its name, then declaring itself a major league two years later. Major League Baseball today views the events in the 19th century as a prologue to the modern era.

In 1904, the second year of the match ups, there was no World Series. Because of the American League's upstart status, the owner of the New York Giants to refuse to play the AL's Boston Americans since he viewed them as inferior. There were also issues with the way the money was split.