mlb.mlb/home ( 5 October 2 0 1 4 , Sunday ) - - Notable , for this typist and long - time BASEBALL fan , about the AMERICAN LEAGUE s five postseason entrants : - The DETROIT TIGERS were the most recent WORLD SERIES participant : the Tigers lost to the ST . LOUIS CARDINALS in the 2 0 0 6 Series , four - games - to - one ; - The LOS ANGELES ANGELS OF ANAHEIM were the most recent World Series Champions , besting the SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS in the 2 0 0 2 Series , four - games - to - three . The 0 2 Series was also the lone Series for the Angels in the history of their franchise , which begat in 1 9 6 1 ; - The OAKLAND ATHLETICS , losing team in the American League s single - elimination First Round , hadn t been to the World Series since 1 9 9 0 [ the A s lost to the CINCINNATI REDS in a four game sweep ] and hadn t won a Series since the LOMA PRIETA EARTHQUAKE World Series of 1 9 8 9 , when they swept the Giants . Detroit lost Game Three , and the American League Divisional Series , to the BALTIMORE ORIOLES this afternoon . The Angels currently are losing a potentially decisive Game Three to the KANSAS CITY ROYALS in the other Divisional Series . Should K . C . retain all or part of their current 7 to 2 lead , they will face the Orioles in the American League Championship Series , pitting two teams that haven t been to the World Series since the mid - 1 9 8 0 s : Baltimore last qualified for the Series in 1 9 8 3 , when the O s defeated the Wheeze Kid PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES , four - games - to - one , the third Championship for Baltimore since their franchise of old , the ST . LOUIS BROWNS , departed Missouri for Maryland in 1 9 5 4 . [ The Orioles won the Series in 1 9 6 6 and 1 9 7 0 , defeating the LOS ANGELES DODGERS and the Reds respectively , four - games - to - none and four - games - to - one . Baltimore also lost the Series in 1 9 6 9 , 1 9 7 1 and 1 9 7 9 , beaten by the NEW YORK METS in five games , losing to the PITTSBURGH PIRATES in both 7 1 and 7 9 by the identical margin of four - games - to - three . ] Kansas City , an American League team beginning in 1 9 6 9 , lost its first World Series in 1 9 8 0 to the Phillies , four - games - to - two , their prospects certainly not enhanced by GEORGE BRETT s hemorrhoids . However , the Royals did win their lone World Series Championship in 1 9 8 5 , taking Games Five , Six and Seven after losing three of the first four . Kansas City had a large assist from First Base Umpire DON DENKINGER , who gave the Royals a Safe ! call they didn t deserve in the latter half of the Ninth Inning of Game Six .
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