World Series Time Machine: 1942

Playing under the shadow of US military participation in World War II for the first time after FDR had issued a "Green Light" letter to the game in January, Paul Waner joined the 3000-hit club, Branch Rickey was named president of the Brooklyn Dodgers, and Babe Ruth took Walter Johnson into the stands at Yankee Stadium in an August exhibition to raise money for the Army-Navy relief fund. In the Fall Classic, the American League Champion New York Yankees (103-51) face off (again) against the National League Champion St. Louis Cardinals (106-48) . . .