Major League Baseball: World Series 2008
The World Series is the championship series of Major League Baseball and the culmination of the sport’s postseason each October and November. Since the Series takes place in mid-autumn, sportswriters many years ago dubbed the event the Fall Classic; it is also sometimes known as the October Classic or simply “The Series.”
The World Series is played between the champion clubs of the American League and the National League, which collectively include 29 clubs based in the United States and one club from Canada. The “modern” World Series has been an annual event since 1903. Baseball has employed various championship formulas since the 1860s. When the term “World Series” is used by itself, it is usually understood to refer to the “modern” World Series exclusively. Read more














