1950 Revisited

The Yankees and Phillies have only met once in the World Series. This occurred in 1950 when the Bronx Bombers swept the "Whiz Kids" from Philly. Let's take a look at what happened almost 60 years ago.

First we have the Daily News cover from that day (you can see Notre Dame disappointed even back then). Benjamin Kabak of River Ave Blues has more details about what it was like 59 years ago.

The New York Daily News points out that this was the last all-white Fall Classic. Rob Neyer points out that it may have been a much different series had it not been for the Korean War, a much-forgotten-about period in baseball history.

Big League Stew points out that the history of New York-Philly World Series goes back further because of the other teams that played in those cities and reviews each one. LoHud says that if Joe Girardi was the Yankee manager in 1950, he wouldn't have to worry about being seconded-guessed because no one made pitching changes.

Other fun World Series tidbits: The New York Times takes a historical look at the Yankees pieing tradition (H/T Sarah). The Yankees will at least break even and will probably turn a profit in 2009 because of the World Series run, Darren Rovell points out. Marc Carig has some reader's outrageous/outlandish World Series predictions. Lastly, some more great insight from Jayson Stark on the World Series matchups.