(the) World Series

(the) World Series
the most important baseball competition in the US, played every October between the winners of the american league and the national league http://www.macmillandictionary.com/med2cd/weblinks/world-series-the.htm
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a series of games each year to decide the best US professional ↑baseball team. It began in 1903 and is between the ↑American League and ↑National League. The four best teams in each have a short series, and the two winners then play in the World Series. The first team to win four World Series games becomes World Champion.

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