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Originally Posted by IRISHMAFIA
Announcer makes the comment that she heard an unbelievable statistic the other day. The Philadelphia Phillies will be attempting to make it to their 3rd straight World Series this year and no team has done that since the Cardinals in the '40s, pre-WWII. Huh?
It was actually the Cardinals in 42, 43 & 44, right in the middle of the war
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That's news to the 1972-73-74 Oakland A's. MAKE the World Series? Ha! The mid 70s A's scoff at just making it to the World Series. Captain Sal, Joe Rudi, Catfish, Campy, Rollie and frieds won three in a row.