World Series Trivia Oddity.

The MLB "Modern Era" began with the 1903 season. In two of the following 113 seasons no World Series was played.

The first year was 1904 when John McGraw, owner of the NY Giants - NL champs, refused to play the AL champs, the Boston Americans (now the Red Sox) who had been a minor league team.

In 1994 there no World Series played owing to a players strike.

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