OTD in 1903, Pittsburg won the first ever World Series game by a 7-3 score over Boston

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  1. Trivia:

    Deacon Phillipe pitched 5 complete games in the series for the Pirates. It was a best-of-nine championship in 1903.

    The World Series has been contested as a best-of-nine four times: 1903, 1919, 1920 and 1921.

  2. There’s a statue of Cy Young on my alma mater’s (Northeastern) grounds because the stadium at that time was on the current location of the campus. I have a picture of that statue with a Pirates cap on it that I took one time we were playing the Sox.

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