| 1921 World Series | ||||||||||
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| Dates | October 5–13 | |||||||||
| Venue(s) | Polo Grounds | |||||||||
| Umpires | Cy Rigler (NL), George Moriarty (AL), Ernie Quigley (NL), Ollie Chill (AL) | |||||||||
| Hall of Famers | Giants: John McGraw (manager) Dave Bancroft Jesse Burkett (coach) Christy Mathewson (coach) Frankie Frisch George Kelly Ross Youngs Yankees: Miller Huggins (manager) Frank Baker Babe Ruth Waite Hoyt | |||||||||
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| Radio | KDKA (Pittsburgh) WBZ (Springfield) WJZ (Newark) KDKA coverage was live, and direct, from the Polo Grounds. WBZ coverage was relayed via studio re-creation. According to Popular Radio, WJZ covered the games live, with some play by play done by Grantland Rice.[1] | |||||||||
| Radio announcers | KDKA and WJZ: Grantland Rice WBZ re-created by Tommy Cowan | |||||||||
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The 1921 World Series was the championship series in Major League Baseball for the 1921 season. The 18th edition of the World Series, it matched the National League champion New York Giants and the American League champion New York Yankees.
The Series matched two distinct teams in strategy with the Giants, dedicated practitioners of the dead-ball era's "inside game" and the Yankees, who relied on the "power game" exemplified by Babe Ruth, who was coming off of what was arguably his best year ever statistically. This was the first World Series appearance by the Yankees, who have gone on to play in the Series a record 40 times. The 1921 Series was a closely contested matchup that ended on a double play featuring a baserunning miscue. It was also the last of four World Series to use the best-of-nine format, which had been used in the 1903, 1919, and the 1920 editions. The following year, the World Series permanently switched to a best-of-seven game format where it has remained ever since. It was also the first World Series to be broadcast over radio.[2]
- ^ "Who Will Pay For Broadcasting?" by Waldemar Kaempffert, Popular Radio, December 1922, p. 236.
- ^ "Voices of the Game". Baseball Hall of Fame. Retrieved July 8, 2022.