In the Major League Baseball playoffs so far this 2013 season, I've been pretty disappointed. My teams Tampa Bay, Atlanta, and Pittsburgh all lost their series against Boston, Los Angeles, and St. Louis respectively. The only series left, to be decided tonight between Detroit and Oakland, is one that I really didn't care who won. But the funny thing is, whoever wins that game tonight, and with it the series, will by default become my favorite team for the rest of the playoffs. That being said, with the five teams presently left in the run for the World Series, I see some potentially interesting prospects if certain combinations get there:
Boston-St. Louis: This would be a rematch of the great 1967 series that spotlighted the Red Sox great Carl Yastrzemski and Cardinals greats Bob Gibson and Lou Brock.
Detroit-St. Louis: And this would be a rematch of the also great 1968 series, with essentially the same Cardinals lineup as the previous year and the Tigers with their aces Denny McLain and Mickey Lolich (and slugger Al Kaline).
Oakland-Los Angeles: These two played against each other twice, with the Athletics winning 4-1 in 1974 and the Dodgers doing likewise in 1988. Neither was a very exciting series, but this does have the added intrigue of being an intrastate rivalry.
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