Thursday, February 28, 2019

Work or Fight, World War I and Baseball-- Part 3: It Was the Cubs vs. Red Sox in World Series


Of interest, here are the 1918 season final standings for the National and American Leagues.  I also found the team names of interest.

NATIONAL LEAGUE

1.  Chicago Cubs
2.  New York Giants
3.  Cincinnati Reds
4.  Pittsburgh Pirates
5.  Brooklyn Robins
6.  Philadelphia Phillies
7.  Boston Braves
8.  St. Louis Cardinals

AMERICAN LEAGUE

1.  Boston Red Sox
2.  Cleveland Indians
3.  Washington Senators
4.  New York Yankees
5.  St. Louis Browns
6.  Chicago White Sox
7.  Detroit Tigers
8.  Philadelphia Athletics

How about that, the Chicago Cubs in a World Series.  They were also in a World Series in the last year of World War II.

Go Cubs!!  --CootCub



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