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The game is still reeling from the strike that canceled last year's World Series, but it somehow lucked into a fascinating cast for postseason play. The American League will have the Boston Red Sox, who haven't won a world championship since 1918; the joke turned juggernaut Cleveland Indians...
Think back, if you will, to the 1988 World Series. The mighty Oakland Athletics, a team of big-bashers led by Jose Canseco, Mark McGwire and Terry Steinbach were matched against the lowly Dodgers, a team of journeymen comprised of Mickey Hatcher, Franklin Stubbs, and Rick Dempacy.
The Dodgers, overmatched on paper, actually won the Series by scoring early and relying upon good pitching and defense.
Who was Mickey Mantle, or more precisely, what was it about him that inspired the fierce devotion of four generations of fans? He was handsome, of course, in the way high school heroes were thought to be. There was music in that name; even he said it sounded "made up...
WELCOME TO THE SHOW was plastered all over the Ballpark in Arlington, Texas, which is where the virtues and vices, the chaos and order, the light and dark side of baseball came together for the All-Star Game. The "Tornado," Hideo Nomo, touched down, of course, and everyone was eager...