Arizona had postseason victories over the St. Louis Cardinals ( 3 – 2 in the NLDS ) and the Atlanta Braves ( 4 – 1 in the NLCS ) to advance to the World Series where, in the wake of the September 11 terrorist attacks in New York City, they beat the three-time reigning champions, the New York Yankees, 4 to 3, to become the youngest expansion franchise to win the World Series ( in just their fourth season of play ).

After taking the first two games at home against the Cubs, in the National League Division Series, they took the series to Wrigley Field, where they completed their sweep, earning their first berth in the National League Championship Series since 2001.

Beginning with the 2012 season, the wild card team that advances to the Division Series will face the number 1 seed, regardless of whether or not they are in the same division.

Beginning with the 2012 season, the wild card team that advances to the Division Series will face the number 1 seed, regardless of whether or not they are in the same division.

The players collect points that determine whether they can play in Super Series Final held at the year end.

When the Orioles were the St. Louis Browns, they played in only one World Series, the 1944 matchup against their Sportsman's Park tenants, the Cardinals.

The White Sox last won the World Series in 2005 when they played the Houston Astros and swept them in four games.

Led by native Ohioan Cy Young, the Spiders became a contender in the mid-1890s, when they played in the Temple Cup Series ( that era's World Series ) twice, winning it in 1895.

Although they fell to the " Hitless Wonders " White Sox in the 1906 World Series, the Cubs recorded a record 116 victories and the best winning percentage (. 763 ) in Major League history.

In what was a dramatic five game series, their NLDS victory over the Atlanta Braves was the franchise's first postseason series win since they went to the World Series in 1908, when they beat the Detroit Tigers in five games.

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.

Torborg's successor, 72-year-old Jack McKeon, improbably led them to the National League's wild card berth in the playoffs ; they defeated the New York Yankees four games to two in the 2003 World Series.

In the 1997 National League Championship Series, Brown, riddled with the flu, proceeded to pitch a complete game in Game Six, defeating the Atlanta Braves and helping the Marlins reach the World Series, which they eventually won over the Cleveland Indians.

He led the Braves to another pennant, but this time they lost a seven-game World Series to the Yankees.

On August 21, 2012 the Jaguars announced they had finalized a deal to play one regular season home game each year between 2013 and 2016 at London's historic Wembley Stadium as part of the NFL International Series.

The band's first involvement was on the 1994 demo of " Dark & Gray " on his Bootleg Series Tapes, they would make three more appearances on the tapes in Watch Me Come, Only a Dog and Box # 10.

The following season, they repeated as American League champions but ultimately lost the 1925 World Series to the Pittsburgh Pirates.

The Twins won 102 games and the American League Pennant in 1965, but they were defeated in the 1965 World Series by the Los Angeles Dodgers in seven games ( behind the World Series Most Valuable Player, Sandy Koufax, with a 2 – 1 record, including winning the seventh game ).

The Orioles defeated the Angels in the ALCS, but lost to Pittsburgh in another stunning World Series.

The Indians repeated as AL Central champions in 1996, but lost to the Baltimore Orioles in the Division Series.

After defeating the wild-card Boston Red Sox 3-1 in the Division Series, Cleveland lost the 1998 ALCS in six games to the New York Yankees, who had come into the playoffs with a then-AL record 114 wins in the regular season.

When Kling returned the next year, the Cubs won the pennant again, but lost to the Philadelphia Athletics in the 1910 World Series.

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

Eventually, the Giants lost to " The Bash Brothers " and the Oakland A's in the famous " Earthquake Series.

The Rockies lost in the NLDS to the eventual 1995 World Series champion Atlanta Braves, 3 games to 1.

The Reds swept the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 1970 National League Championship Series, but lost to the Baltimore Orioles in the World Series.

However, the Royals lost to the New York Yankees in three straight American League Championship Series encounters.

After Wimbledon in 2003, Hewitt lost in the final of the tournament in Los Angeles, the second round of the ATP Masters Series tournament in Montreal, and the first round of the ATP Masters Series tournament in Cincinnati.

These 1969 Twins won the very first American League Western Division Championship, but they lost to the Baltimore Orioles in the first American League Championship Series.

However, they failed to advance to the American League Championship Series as they lost the American League Divisional Series in three straight games to the eventual World Series champion New York Yankees.

They won the National League Division Series in five games over the Arizona Diamondbacks, but lost to the eventual World Series champions St. Louis Cardinals in six games during the NLCS.

The Brewers faced the California Angels in the 1982 American League Championship Series and lost the first two games in California, but then rallied to win the next two games back in Milwaukee, setting up the pivotal Game 5, with the winner being the American League Champions.

Since, they have played in three additional World Series, including a dramatic run in that ended in a Game Seven loss to the Oakland Athletics, a second championship in against the Boston Red Sox that was cited in the Curse of the Bambino, and a Subway Series against their cross-town rivals the New York Yankees in the 2000 World Series which they lost in five games.

Rather than hold any games in the cross town rival Sox Park, the Cubs made arrangements with the August A. Busch, owner of the St. Louis Cardinals, to use Busch Stadium in St. Louis as the Cubs " home field " for the World Series.

In the 1982 World Series the St. Louis Cardinals of the NL had home field advantage.

They won the National League pennant and an exhibition World Series, defeating the American Association champion St. Louis Browns, ten games to five.

The Tigers went on to face the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1934 World Series.

Particularly abusive were the St. Louis Cardinals during the 1934 World Series.

The Astros defeated Braves 3-2 in the Division Series, but would lose the National League Championship Series to the St. Louis Cardinals in seven games.

Though the Astros were poised to close out the series in Game Five in Houston, Brad Lidge gave up a monstrous two-out three-run home run to Albert Pujols, forcing the series to a sixth game in St. Louis, where the Astros clinched a World Series appearance.

In the 1985 World Series against the cross-state St. Louis Cardinals ( nicknamed the " I-70 Series " because the two teams are both located in the state of Missouri and connected by Interstate 70 ), the Royals again fell behind 3 – 1.

The Royals ' most prominent rivalry is with the intrastate St. Louis Cardinals, beginning with Royals ' successes in the early ' 80's and fueled by the Royals ' victory over the Cardinals in the 1985 World Series.

Previously, the Twins had narrowly beat out the Royals for the 1987 American League West pennant, in which the Twins later took the World Series versus the St. Louis Cardinals.

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.

Tom Kelly managed the Twins to World Series victories over the St. Louis Cardinals in 1987 and the Atlanta Braves in 1991.

The Brewers then played the St. Louis Cardinals in the World Series, which was seen as a match-up of contrasting playing styles, as the Cardinals ' offensive style was speed and defense, whereas the Brewers ' offense was power hitting.

In the previous decade the Mets made one playoff appearance after the 2000 season ; it was in 2006 when they came within one game of the World Series, losing to the eventual World Champion St. Louis Cardinals in Game 7 of the 2006 National League Championship Series.