The 2003 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 2003 season. The 99th edition of the World Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff between the National League (NL) champion Florida Marlins and the American League (AL) champion New York Yankees; the Marlins upset the heavily-favored Yankees, four games to two. The series was played from October 18 to 25, 2003. This is the most recent Series in which the losing team outscored the winning team; the Yankees lost, despite outscoring the Marlins 21–17 in the Series. This was the Marlins' second World Series championship win, having won their first in 1997. The Marlins would not return to the postseason until 2020.
Brad Penny, the winning pitcher in Game 1.
Alfonso Soriano hit a two-run home run in the fourth inning of Game 2 to ice the game for the Yankees.
Bernie Williams hit a three-run home run in the ninth inning of Game 3 to extend the Yankees' lead to five.
Álex González hit a walk-off solo home run in the twelfth inning of Game 4 to even the series at two games apiece for the Marlins.
A wild card is a tournament or playoff berth awarded to an individual or team that fails to qualify in the normal way; for example, by having a high ranking or winning a qualifying stage. In some events, wildcards are chosen freely by the organizers. Other events have fixed rules. Some North American professional sports leagues compare the records of teams which did not qualify directly by winning a division or conference.
Simona de Silvestro and Renee Gracie's entry into the 2016 Bathurst 1000 was through a "wildcard" system.
