U.S. Army Captain Michael Kelvington, commander of the Battle company, 1-508 Parachute Infantry battalion, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, bows next to remains of Gulam Dostager, a member of Afghan Local Police who was killed in the blast of an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) during the joint Tor Janda (Black Flag in Pashtu) operation, in Zahri district of Kandahar province, southern Afghanistan May 25, 2012.  REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov  (AFGHANISTAN - Tags: MILITARY CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

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Members of the U.S. Navy Blue Angels fly over the World Trade Center in lower Manhattan as part of the 25th annual Fleet Week celebration in New York, May 23, 2012.  REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz (UNITED STATES - Tags: MILITARY ANNIVERSARY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

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World Series record wins by team or franchise

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NEW YORK | Thu Nov 5, 2009 12:26am EST

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Most successful teams or

franchises in World Series history after the New York Yankees

won their 27th title on Wednesday. (Former team name in

parentheses)

Team Titles

New York Yankees 27

St Louis Cardinals 10

Oakland Athletics (Philadelphia/Kansas City) 9

Boston Red Sox (Americans) 7

Los Angeles Dodgers (Brooklyn) 6

Cincinnati Reds 5

Pittsburgh Pirates 5

San Francisco Giants (New York) 5

Detroit Tigers 4

Chicago White Sox 3

Atlanta Braves (Boston/Milwaukee) 3

Minnesota Twins (Washington Senators) 3

Baltimore Orioles (St Louis Browns) 3

(Editing by John O'Brien)

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