But I mean this is what we play for. [5] The trophy featured a golden eagle, the league's emblem, sitting atop a silver baseball and clutching the AL banner. 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In 1969, the AL split into two divisions,[4] and the teams with the best records in each division played one another in the five-game ALCS to determine the pennant winner, who received (and continues to receive) the William Harridge Trophy.

The AP will not be held liable for any delays, inaccuracies, errors or omissions therefrom or in the transmission or delivery of all or any part thereof or for any damages arising from any of the foregoing. "And if you don't know the name by now, they better learn them, because we've we got some boys who can play.". Arozarena is only the ninth player ever to homer seven times in a single postseason, all of them occurring since 1995 in the wild card era.

Arozarena, relatively unknown before these playoffs, set a rookie record with his seventh homer of the postseason. It's going to be fun. On this day in 2004, the Boston Red Sox clinched their eleventh American League pennant as they wrapped up the greatest comeback in major league history against the rival New York Yankees. The trophy is named for Will Harridge, who was league president from 1931 to 1958.

The neutral-site World Series starts Tuesday at Globe Life Field, the new home of the Texas Rangers, in Arlington. The Rays also kept the Astros from becoming the first team to win a pennant with a losing regular-season record (29-31). His 21 hits are one shy Derek Jeter's 1996 rookie postseason record.