Autumn Glory: Baseball's First World SeriesA suspenseful account of the glorious days a century ago when our national madness began A post season series of games to establish supremacy in the major leagues was not inevitable in the baseball world. But in 1903 the owner of the Pittsburgh Pirates (in the well established National League) challenged the Boston Americans (in the upstart American League) to a play off, which he was sure his team would win. They didn't and that wasn't the only