HAS IT EVER HAPPENED BEFORE?

Question

Am a big cubbies fan and i feel in my bones that they will do it this year, but my question is ,.has a national league team and a american league team from the same state ever played each other in the world series

Answer 1

Many,many times:

NY Yankees v Brooklyn Dodgers

NY Yankees v NY Mets

LA Dodgers v Oakland As

Anaheim Angels v SF Giants

to name a few

Answer 2

Yes

Answer 3

yankees - mets 2000

Answer 4

Yes, the Yankees have played the Mets.  

Answer 5

Yes.  The San Fran Giants and the Oakland A's played each otehr in the 1989 world series.

The Giants and the Angels in 2002.

The A's and the Dodgers in 1988.

Yes, California alone have seen it done plenty of times.

Answer 6

In 2000 there were two teams from the same city that played in the World Series.  The Yankees beat the Mets 4 games to 1.

Answer 7

Yes, several Times.

1906, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1941, 1944, 1947, 1949, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1955, 1956, 1974, 1985, 1988, 1989, 2000, 2002.

Answer 8

Many times--the Yankees and Mets. The Giants and A's. St. Louis and KC.  

Answer 9

Yes, this has happened 21 times. Not surprisingly, New York leads with 14 of them. California has hosted 4, Missouri 2, and Illinois 1, way back when.

Series winner listed first.

1906 -- Chicago White Sox v. Chicago Cubs (Illinois)

1921 -- New York Giants v. New York Yankees (New York)

1922 -- New York Giants v. New York Yankees (New York)

1923 -- New York Yankees v. New York Giants (New York)

1936 -- New York Yankees v. New York Giants (New York)

1937 -- New York Yankees v. New York Giants (New York)

1941 -- New York Yankees v. Brooklyn Dodgers (New York)

1944 -- St. Louis Cardinals v. St. Louis Browns (Missouri)

1947 -- New York Yankees v. Brooklyn Dodgers (New York)

1949 -- New York Yankees v. Brooklyn Dodgers (New York)

1951 -- New York Yankees v. New York Giants (New York)

1952 -- New York Yankees v. Brooklyn Dodgers (New York)

1953 -- New York Yankees v. Brooklyn Dodgers (New York)

1955 -- Brooklyn Dodgers v. New York Yankees (New York)

1956 -- New York Yankees v. Brooklyn Dodgers (New York)

1974 -- Oakland Athletics v. Los Angeles Dodgers (California)

1985 -- Kansas City Royals v. St. Louis Cardinals (Missouri)

1988 -- Los Angeles Dodgers v. Oakland Athletics (California)

1989 -- Oakland Athletics v. San Francisco Giants (California)

2000 -- New York Yankees v. New York Mets (New York)

2002 -- Anaheim Angels v. San Francisco Giants (California)