World Series Time Machine: 1937

Joe Medwick became the game's fourth Triple Crown winner in five seasons, Augie Galan became the first NL player to ever homer from both sides of the plate in the same game, and Carl Hubbell completed a streak of 24 consecutive winning decisions that had begun the previous season. Less auspiciously, the Cincinnati Reds ended the season with a fourteen-game losing streak, and on May 6th the airship Hindenburg flew over ballgames at Ebbets Field and Polo Grounds just hours before exploding in Lakehurst, New Jersey with the loss of 36 lives. In the Fall Classic, the American League Champion New York Yankees (102-52) face off (again) against the National League New York Giants (95-57) . . .