<Table> <Tr> <Td> ← 2002 </Td> <Td> World Series </Td> <Td> 2004 → </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> ← 2002 </Td> <Td> World Series </Td> <Td> 2004 → </Td> </Tr> <P> The 2003 World Series was the 99th edition of Major League Baseball's championship series . Played from October 18--25, 2003, The National League (NL) champion Florida Marlins defeated the heavily favored American League (AL) champion New York Yankees four games to two . 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 . </P> <P> The 2003 World Series featured the New York Yankees in their sixth Series appearance in eight years . Opposing them were the wild card Florida Marlins, appearing in their second World Series in their eleven - year franchise history . The Marlins became the second straight wild card team to win the World Series; the Anaheim Angels won in 2002 . The series was, however, somewhat overshadowed by the League Championship Series that year, when the Chicago Cubs and the Boston Red Sox, both widely believed to be cursed, went down in dramatic defeats only five outs away from the pennant, and each in seven games . However, Marlins manager Jack McKeon disagreed, and having lived in South Amboy, New Jersey and attending Yankee games when a child, said that he wanted to play the Yankees in his first World Series . </P>

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