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Originally Posted by jingram058
I have a book entitled, "The World Series - A Complete Pictorial History", by John Devaney and Burt Goldblatt, and the writers talk about this. How McGraw wouldn't let his Giants play the inferior New York Highlanders, and how this led to the formation of the National Commission and agreement for each league to play an annual World Series beginning in 1905.
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James
Excuse me for this correction.....but, John McGraw and John Brush (owner of the NY Giants) refused to play Boston (1904 American Lge. Champions). The NY Highlanders lost the
final Play-Off game to Boston).
I highly recommend the book titled "THE YEAR THEY CALLED OFF THE WORLD SERIES", by Benton Stark. It's an excellent, well-written, story of the entire 1904 season. Including
how Jack Chesbro (41-game winner) blew the final Play-Off game in the 9th inning that resulted in Boston winning the A.L. Pennant.
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