Colorado & San Diego are forced to play 1 game to see who gets the NL Wild Card. I was just curious to see if any team ever won the World Series after being in this situation. Seems hard. I mean you'd have to pitch your ace in this game, so you wouldn't be able to use him again until like Game 3 or 4 in the playoffs. Thanks.
2007-10-01 05:28:00 · 4 answers · asked by Justin M 2 in Sports ➔ Baseball
The 1908 Cubs played a 1-game showdown with the New York Giants, and then won the World Series. Technically, it was not a playoff, it was just a make-up game that had to be played after they were tied at the end of the season.
It took a lot out of the Cubs, and they have not won a World Series since then.
The Yankees beat the Red Sox in a 1978 1game playoff, and also went on to win the World Series.
2007-10-01 05:38:24 · answer #1 · answered by blah hah 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Let's see...
1948 Cleveland Indians
1978 New York Yankees
Looking back to the pre-division days, when the NL mandated a best 2-of-3 format...
1946 St. Louis Cardinals (defeated Brooklyn Dodgers 2-0)
1959 Los Angeles Dodgers (defeated Milwaukee Braves 2-0)
2007-10-01 15:09:56 · answer #2 · answered by Chipmaker Authentic 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
1978 Yankees. The Boston Tie Party, a.k.a. the Bucky Dent Game. Also the 1948 Cleveland Indians, also against the Red Sox at Fenway.
2007-10-01 12:54:10 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
yes
2007-10-01 12:55:51 · answer #4 · answered by J Dub 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋