Tonight, the final World Series game in St Louis will be played. But will this also be the season's final game?? Maybe.
The Cardinals are up 3-games-to-1 heading into tonight and has three shots at getting the Series clinching win. That would mean.....the National League could house the World Series Champion.
Weird, eh?
Especially since the NL has been smacked around like a rag doll this year. They haven't won an All Star game in, what, a decade? They were ripped a new one in interleague play this season. All the stars and excitement was in the American League....which had a few good teams miss out of the playoffs. In fact, only the New York Mets could've made the playoffs if they were in the American League.
Yep. The Cardinals could win the World Series despite having the 13th best record in the major leagues.
If they pull this off, the Cards would have the worst record of any team to win a World Series. Ever. The only World Series participant with a lower win total was the 1973 Mets. They'd be the first National League team that had been around longer than a decade to win the World Series since the Braves in 1995 [the expansionites Marlins and Diamondbacks are the only ones to do so since then].
They'd also be the first NL Central team to win the title....ever. Technically. The last member of the current NL Central to win the World Series was the 1990 Cincinnati Reds...but that was when they were in the NL West and before the current realignment.
The key word here is IF. IF. IF. As Cardinals fans know, a 3-1 lead isn't a cause to plan a parade just yet. They were up 3-1 over the Royals in 1985 and over the Tigers in 1968. They lost both series. The Cards also held a 3-2 series lead oer the Twins in 1987 and ended up losing. Plus, the National League team felt they had the 1991 [epic Braves/Twins series], 1996 [Braves 2-0 and leading late in Game 3] and 2002 [Giants late lead in a possible clinching Game 6] World Series....but ended up short.
So, don't count chickens before they hatch....
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