1942 World Series

The 1942 World Series featured the defending champion New York Yankees against the St. Louis Cardinals, with the Cardinals winning the Series in 5 games for their first championship since 1934 and their 4th overall.

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1942 - World Series - New York Yankees - St. Louis Cardinals - 1934

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The Yankees won game one, the Cards won the rest,

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Umpires: George Magerkurth (NL), Bill Summers (AL), George Barr (NL), Cal Hubbard (AL)

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George Magerkurth - Bill Summers - George Barr - Cal Hubbard

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This world series was used as a background for the plot endings in Philip Roth's 2004 novel "The plot against America". Philip, the main character listened to a radio report, as did his fellow Newark children, when outside his safe world, a presidential candidate was shot, with pogroms as a result.

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