This allowed for an explanation of why the Klingons on The Original Series lacked brow ridges and were much more human looking than Klingons in any of the other series ; they were mutants created by faulty genetic engineering.

* In X-Men: The Animated Series, Thunderbird is featured with Magneto's evil mutants in the title sequence.

He won the Man of the Match award for both matches and was also named Man of the Series.

In 2001 Lara was named the Man of the Carlton Series in Australia with an average of 46. 50, the highest average by a West Indian in that series, scoring two half centuries and one century, 116 against Australia.

Childress ' second-year Busch Series driver Kevin Harvick was named as Earnhardt's replacement driver, beginning with the race following Earnhardt's death held at the North Carolina Speedway.

* Dontrelle Willis ( 2003 – 2007 ) — The " D-Train " was named the National League Rookie of the Year in 2003 and showcased his remarkable ( for a pitcher ) hitting ability by going 3-for-3 with a triple while scoring a run during Game 4 of the 2003 National League Division Series, which the Marlins won 7 – 6 over the San Francisco Giants to advance to the NL Championship Series.

Hardly surprisingly, Botham was named Man of the Series, scoring 399 runs and taking 34 wickets.

Behind strong pitching from the rotation and stellar offensive production from virtually all members of the starting lineup, the Phillies won the 2008 National League Championship Series against the Los Angeles Dodgers ; Hamels was named the series ' Most Valuable Player.

Hamels was named both NLCS MVP as well as World Series MVP after going 4 – 0 in the postseason that year.

Star Trek: The Animated Series was named the 96th best animated series by IGN.

NASCAR is the world's largest governing body for stock car racing, and its Sprint Cup Series ( named for its sponsor, Sprint Nextel Corporation ) is the de facto premier series of stock car racing.

The most prominent championship in stock car racing is the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, named after its sponsor Sprint Nextel.

Edgar Rentería was named World Series Most Valuable Player.

Willie Stargell is named the Series MVP.

* In Batman: The Animated Series, the scientist that created the HARDAC machine is named Karl Rossum.

In January 2009, IGN named Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends as the 59th best in the Top 100 Animated Series.

Berra was one of only four players to be named the Most Valuable Player of the American League three times and is one of only seven managers to lead both American and National League teams to the World Series.

The Orioles won the 1966 World Series and Robinson was named the Series MVP.

In the last episode of Series 4 ( which turned out to be the last ever episode of the show, due to Horne's death ) Julian and Sandy are revealed, very incongruously, to be " married " to a pair of " dolly palones " named Julia and Sandra.

His accomplishments include winning both the regular-season and World Series MVP awards in 1973, hitting 563 career home runs ( sixth all-time at the time of his retirement ), maintaining a. 490 career slugging percentage, being named to 14 All-Star teams, and the dubious distinction of being the all-time leader in strikeouts with 2, 597 ( he finished with 13 more career strikeouts than hits ).

Henderson was named the AL's Most Valuable Player in 1990, and he was the leadoff hitter for two World Series champions: the 1989 Oakland A's and the 1993 Toronto Blue Jays.

With a record eight steals in five games, he was named MVP of the American League Championship Series ; he hit. 400 while scoring eight runs and delivering two home runs, five runs batted in ( RBI ), seven walks and a 1. 000 slugging percentage.

In Batman: The Animated Series, the head psychiatrist of Arkham Asylum is named Dr. Bartholomew, a reference to Bartholomew Wolper, though Bartholomew is depicted as competent, well-meaning and fully supportive of Batman's methods, having been saved more than once by Batman.

In 2007, a new playoff system, named " Climax Series ", is introduced to both professional leagues in NPB to decide the team playing in Japan Series.

The deeds of this team, through two seasons and in the two World's Series that followed, have been written and talked about until hardly a word is left to be said.

The Toronto Blue Jays are the only team to have never played in the ALDS and are the last team to win the World Series under the old 4 division format.

They have played in eleven World Series, winning seven.

Although he would go on to have back-to-back 17-win seasons for the Chicago Cubs in 1971 and 1972, including a no-hitter in the latter season, this did not help the Reds, who ended up losing the 1970 World Series to Robinson and the Orioles.

Since their establishment as a Major League franchise in 1901, the Indians have won two World Series championships, in 1920 and 1948.

The Cubs have not won the World Series in years, a longer championship drought than that of any other major North American professional sports team,

However, the Cubs have not won a World Series since 1908 ; this remains the longest championship drought in North American professional sports.

" The Cubs lost Game 4, lost the Series, and have not been back since.

The divisional winners met in a best-of-5 series to advance to the World Series, in a " 2 – 3 " format, first two games were played at the home of the team who did not have home field advantage.

The confusion may stem from the fact that Major League Baseball did decide that, should the Cubs make it to the World Series, the American League winner would have home field advantage unless the Cubs hosted home games at an alternate site since the Cubs home field of Wrigley Field did not yet have lights.

Baseball experts felt the Cubs would have better represented the National League and would have won at least two World Series games.

The Cardinals also have a clear edge when it comes to World Series successes, having won 11 championships to the Cubs ' 2.

The Cardinals have enjoyed an overwhelming advantage over their Chicago rivals in the regular season standings since the Cubs last participated in a World Series ( 1945 ): in the 66 seasons from 1946 through 2011 the Cardinals have finished ahead of the Cubs 49 times.

A common misconception is that Richard Childress Racing " owns the rights " to the No. 3 in NASCAR competition ( fueled by the fact that Kevin Harvick's car has a little No. 3 as an homage to Earnhardt and the usage of the No. 3 on the Camping World Series truck of Ty Dillon ), but in fact no team owns the rights to this or any other number: However, according to established NASCAR procedures, RCR would have priority over other teams if and when the time came to reuse the number.

The Tigers have won four World Series championships ( 1935, 1945, 1968, and 1984 ) and have won the American League pennant 10 times ( 1907, 1908, 1909, 1934, 1935, 1940, 1945, 1968, 1984, and 2006 ).

The Marlins have the distinction of winning a World Series championship every year they qualified for the postseason, doing so in 1997 and 2003 — both times as the National League wild card team.

The Astros have one World Series appearance, in 2005 against the Chicago White Sox.

The Royals have participated in two World Series, winning in 1985.

Major League Baseball returned to the city in 1969 with the Royals, who have proven stable and became the first American League expansion team to reach the playoffs, in 1976, the World Series, in 1980 and to win the World Series, in 1985 against the state-rival St. Louis Cardinals in the " Show-Me Series.