Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei whitianga - Ko Terry Francona te kaiwhakahaere tuarua o Red Sox ki te wikitoria i nga taitara o te Ao e rua, whai muri i a Bill Carrigan, nana nei i wikitoria te 1915 me te 1916 World Series. Tae atu ki ngā kēmu e toru whakamutunga o te AL Championship Series
I te mutunga o te tau, i eke te kapa Red Sox i te 59 ki te 15 i roto i a rātou kēmu e whitu whakamutunga. I riro hoki a Francona hei kaiwhakahaere tuatahi ki te wikitoria i ana keemu 8 tuatahi o te Ao. Ko te Rockies, i te wa ano, ko te kapa tuatahi o te NL ki te horo i roto i te Raupapa o te Ao i muri i te horo i te Raupapa Toa o te Rōpū, a ko te kapa tuarua anake i pa ki taua mate, whai muri i te Oakland Athletics i te 1990. Ko tenei mutunga ka pa ano ki te 2012 Detroit Tigers, ka horoia e te San Francisco Giants i te World Series i muri i te horo i te New York Yankees i te ALCS.