Belated congratulations to the Chicago White Sox for winning the World Series, beating the remarkable Houston Astros in four straight games. I was hoping for a St. Louis-Anaheim series, but that would have been too predictable. Actually, I pretty much always hope for a Dodgers-Yankees World Series, but that clearly wasn’t in the cards this year. The White Sox deserve it — they’ve been quietly playing consistently good ball for a very long time now.
You know, I still think of the Diamondback and the Marlins as expansion teams, so the last time a “traditional” National League team won the World Series was ten years ago, when the Atlanta Braves beat the Cleveland Indians. Since the Great Strike of 1994 (which cancelled what was looking like a Cubs-Red Sox finale), the National League team has won the World Series four of the eleven times it’s been played. Are AL teams just that superior these days?
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The thing I am most struck by is… 2005???!!!! Is this a post from an alternate timeline?
What do you mean? The ChiSox did win in 2005. Beat the ‘Stros in four straight. You can look it up.
No, I mean I thought we didn’t exist in 2005. So it’s kind of eery finding a post from then.
I understand now. The League didn’t start in 2005, but “Not A Potted Plant” did.
Since then, the NL has won four of six, all by “traditional” teams (well, the Cards did start out in the American Association.)