The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1947_World_Series" id="mwmg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="1947 World Series">1947 World Series</a> begins. It is the first to be televised, to include an African-American player, to exceed $2<span id="mwmw" typeof="mw:Entity"> </span>million in receipts, to see a pinch-hit home run, and to have six umpires on the field.