Danny Burstein wrote in March 2003 about the
2002 World Series (in commenting about the U.S. Electoral College, noting that the 2000 presidential winner didn't get the most popular votes):
Giants: total runs: 44
> Angels: total runs: 41
> Of course, the number that COUNTS is the number of individual games that
> were won. And there, the score was:
> Giants: 3
> Angels: 4
I don't mean to go on a sports tangent, but even more dramatic was the
1960 World Series. The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the NY Yankees 4 games to 3, but scored only 27 runs compared to NY Yankees' 55 runs!