When the World Series Went National

In The First Fall Classic: The Red Sox, the Giants and the Cast of Players, Pugs and Politicos Who Re-Invented the World Series in 1912, Mike Vaccaro explains how the world's series became the World Series. Vaccaro, a longtime columnist for the New York Post, recounts an eight-game ordeal involving a tie, two more-or-less thrown games, and JFK's grandpa. The 1912 series was an all-consuming affair in New York and Boston and, for the first time, an national event.