The Reds had just been to the Series two years earlier (they lost to the Orioles), but they hadn’t won the title since 1940, a 32-year drought.Īgain, 32 and 42 don’t compare to 68 and 108. The Athletics hadn’t won a World Series since 1930, when they were the Philadelphia A’s - remember, the franchise played in Kansas City from 1955-67 before moving to Oakland. The A’s and Reds met in the 1972 World Series. The Giants hadn’t won since 1954, which was 48 years earlier.īut 48 and 41 don’t really hold a candle to 68 and 108. The Angels’ franchise began play in 1961 and had never won the World Series. That one went to seven games, between the Angels and Giants. To get in the same general neighborhood, let’s look at the 2002 World Series. But both of those Sox squads won their titles in four games, so that doesn’t count toward this conversation about Game 7 showdowns. When the Red Sox won the 2004 World Series, they ended a skid of 86 years without a title, and when the White Sox won in 2005, they snapped an 88-year drought. Sure, we’ve seen individual teams snap lengthy droughts.
This is the 38th World Series winner-take-all Game 7 in baseball history, but none of those first 37 even comes close, from the dual-drought perspective.
MORE: Baseball's longest World Series droughts “The other one is going to probably - all the same things you've heard year after year, you'll probably hear it again. “One franchise and one city is going to be really happy,” Cleveland manager Terry Francona said way back before this World Series started. Cleveland, the host team, hasn’t won since 1948, so we’re looking at championship-less droughts of 108 years and 68 years. The Cubs, as you know, haven’t won a World Series since 1908. Never ever, in the long, storied history of the great sport of baseball. We have never seen a Game 7 with this much historical significance.
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