tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985668569918053928.post6798039468411022369..comments2024-01-24T05:19:09.805-06:00Comments on This Game Of Games: The 1886 World Series: Just About ReadyJeffrey Kittelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02367989375750209078noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985668569918053928.post-27818913715748479742010-08-26T13:51:16.278-05:002010-08-26T13:51:16.278-05:00Btw, since you said you're looking forward to ...Btw, since you said you're looking forward to this, I should mention that I'm mining this material for all it's worth. I'm not really purposefully stretching it out but there's just a ton of good stuff to post. I just finished a week's worth of posts about Game One of the series, which wasn't even a particularly interesting game. The StL and Chicago papers were just all over this and the national press was picking it up as well, so there's a ton of material to pick from. The umpire situation and the gambling angle are particularly interesting to me so I have to cover that.Jeffrey Kittelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02367989375750209078noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985668569918053928.post-38387191197681376192010-08-26T13:27:27.212-05:002010-08-26T13:27:27.212-05:00There was certainly more press for this series tha...There was certainly more press for this series than the one in 1885, not just in Chicago and StL but nationally as well. There are probably a lot of reasons for that but I was thinking that the fact that it was a rematch of the previous year's rather controversial series had a lot to do with it.Jeffrey Kittelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02367989375750209078noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985668569918053928.post-50352692702921349302010-08-26T07:49:52.789-05:002010-08-26T07:49:52.789-05:00Looking forward to this. My understanding is that...Looking forward to this. My understanding is that the '86 series drew a lot more attention and was a greater success than the previous year's. I wonder how much the winner-take-all financial format had to do with that.David Ballnoreply@blogger.com