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Posted By: runscott

Although I will not be watching the World Series if there is anything else to do (women's professional basketball, minor league bowling), this was in my opinion the greatest play-off season ever - it was almost like getting two World Series in one year.

My first World Series memory is the '68 one with Detroit and St. Louis. Back then they didn't worry about television schedules - the game itself was #1. I had to literally run home every day as soon as school let out (no night games as I recall). Every players seemed to be mythical in that series, no standing and watching HR's leave the park (not with Gibson around!). I would have loved to see Pedro come to bat against Gibson, the inning after throwing behind McCarver's head (but McCarver would have gotten knocked out in my fantasy, developing a speech impediment that kept him from considering a broadcasting career).