Tigers-Cardinals World Series

                

Yep.  This is your fall classic.  The Detroit Tigers and St. Louis Cardinals. 

The American League Champion Tigers entered the postseason as a Wildcard team and have reeled off 7 straight wins after losing Game 1 of their ALDS series with the Yankees.  The same Tigers that were 71-90 last year....and 72-90 in 2004.....and 43-119 back in 2003.  The same Tigers that none of the ESPN experts picked in the preseason to even make the playoffs.  The National League Champion Cardinals entered the playoffs with the worst record amongst the postseason teams.  The Cards went 3-9 to end the regular season and nearly choked away a 7-game lead in the NL Central in the last two weeks of the season.  They are the third straight NL Central team to get to the series....with the previous two going a combined 0-8. 

It is a matchup of managers who have each won a World Series ring with a different team [Jim Leyland with the 2003 Marlins and Tony LaRussa with the 1989 Athletics].  Whomever wins this series joins Sparky Anderson as the ONLY managers in history to win a World Series in both leagues.  It is also the 2nd straight season that NL and AL Central teams met in the Series.