The Cardinals and the Yankees 1926

<p> The two pennant winners in 1926 the National League's Cardinals and the American League's Yankees were a study in contrasts. The Yankees were heavily composed of first- and second-generation Americans and based in New York the epicenter of baseball; the Cardinals on the other hand were mostly a collection of farm boys playing at the western fringe of the major leagues. But both teams arrived battle-tested as St. Louis had fought a long close race with Cincinnati and New York had survived a dramatic late-season run by Cleveland. Their classic World Series meeting went seven games and produced one of the legendary pitcher-batter confrontations of baseball history.</p>