Despite a year that felt never-ending, a season that always seemed like it might end early and a postseason sprint that barely allowed for even an off day, the World Series is here, presented by … whichever random sponsor we will all be sick of by the middle of the first inning in Game 1. But it should be fun.
An expanded playoff field of 16 teams had a club with a losing regular-season record get within a victory of the pennant, but the 2020 postseason will finish with the class of each league squaring off for the title.
The Dodgers were the best team in baseball for most of the abbreviated 60-game schedule, but they had to overcome a 3-1 deficit against the Braves in the NL Championship Series to get here. The Rays stormed to the top record in the American League and then knocked off the Blue Jays, vanquished the Yankees and needed a seventh game to beat another high-payroll juggernaut in the Astros after holding a 3-0 ALCS lead.
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