Pittsburgh Pirates v Boston Red Sox
Best-of-seven, Red Sox with the home-field advantage.
With the league about to commence its 10th decade of existence, let us take a quick stroll down the heavily-landmarked memory lane that is the rivalry between these two clubs.
Including the two most recently procured, we have 71 pennants between us.
After the one about to be contested, we will have 41 titles between us.
We are the only two clubs to win four titles in a row (Pittsburgh 1924-27; Boston 1944-47) and the only two clubs with more than 10 titles (Detroit is next with 7, then the Yanks with 6).
This will be our 12th World Series meeting. We currently lead the running score 8-3 but they have won the two most recent contests and if you flip a few of those epic 7-gamers around, things would be a lot tighter.
Here are the previous results:
1916: Bucs in 7
1926: Bucs in 7
1927: Bucs in 7
1947: Sox in 4
1956: Bucs in 4
1957: Bucs in 5
1958: Bucs in 7
1964: Bucs in 5
1972: Bucs in 6
1979: Sox in 6
1986: Sox in 7
We need to win here to avoid our first-ever decade without a Championship.
Here’s a breakdown of each club’s titles by decade:
1900s: Bucs 2; Sox 0
1910s: Bucs 3; Sox 2
1920s: Bucs 6; Sox 1
1930s: Bucs 5; Sox 0
1940s: Sox 4, Bucs 1
1950s: Bucs 4; Sox 2
1960s: Bucs 3; Sox 0
1970s: Bucs 3; Sox 2
1980s: Sox 2, Bucs 0
Thus endeth the (history) lesson.
