2004 World Series
The 2004 World Series represented the 100th time two modern Major League Baseball teams met to decide the championship, and began on October 23. After winning four consecutive games, on October 27 at 10:40 p.m. CT, the American League champion Boston Red Sox defeated the National League champion St. Louis Cardinals to claim the 2004 World Series Trophy. It had been 86 years since Boston last claimed the prize by defeating the Chicago Cubs in the 1918 World Series. With their Series sweep, Boston had finally broken the "Curse of the Bambino". To make the championship sweeter, it came on the heels of the largest comeback in postseason MLB history (a 0-3 deficit against the archrival New York Yankees in the AL Championship Series).

2005 World Series
The 2005 World Series, the 101st Major League Baseball championship series, saw the American League champion Chicago White Sox sweep the National League champion Houston Astros 4 games to 0 in the best-of-seven-games series, winning their third championship and first since 1917.

Home field advantage was awarded to Chicago by virtue of the American League's 7-5 victory over the National League in the 2005 Major League Baseball All-Star Game. The Astros were attempting to become the fourth consecutive wild card team to win the Series, following the Anaheim Angels (2002), Florida Marlins (2003) and Boston Red Sox (2004). Both teams were attempting to overcome decades of disappointment: the Astros were making their first Series appearance in 44 years of play, while the White Sox waited exactly twice as long for a title, having last won the Series in 1917, and had not been in the Series since 1959.

2006 World Series
The 2006 World Series, the 102nd edition of Major League Baseball's championship series, began on October 21 and ended on October 27, and matched the American League champion Detroit Tigers against the National League champion, St. Louis Cardinals. The Cardinals won the Series in five games, taking Games 1,3,4 and 5. The Tigers won game 2 amidst the controversy over the apparent foreign substance on Kenny Rogers' hand. This was the third Series meeting between the Tigers and the Cardinals. St. Louis won the first in 1934, and Detroit won the second in 1968; each went the full seven games. The 1968 Series was the last before divisional play and an extra round of playoffs began.

It was only the fifth time in 40 years that the Series featured two teams that had both remained in the same city since the formation of the American League in 1901, the last time being the 2004 World Series between St. Louis and the Boston Red Sox. The last three prior to 2004 were in 1975 (Boston-Cincinnati), 1968 (Detroit-St. Louis) and 1967 (Boston-St. Louis).

2007 World Series Tickets
103rd 2008 World Series Tickets.
The 2007 World Series Tickets, the 103rd edition of Major League Baseball's championship series, is scheduled to begin play on Wednesday, October 24, 2007 and will take place between the winners of the 2007 American League Championship Series and the winners of the 2007 National League Championship Series in Major League Baseball.
The locations and venues will be determined by the winners of those respective series, but the dates of each game will be as follows:

Game 1 Wednesday, October 24 8 p.m.
Game 2 Thursday, October 25 8 p.m.
Game 3 Saturday, October 27 8 p.m.
Game 4 Sunday, October 28 8 p.m.
Game 5 Monday, October 29 8 p.m. (if needed)
Game 6 Wednesday, October 31 8 p.m. (if needed)
Game 7 Thursday, November 1 8 p.m. (if needed)