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Finally, a World Series to savor The defending champs, and the most decorated team in sports history. The National League's most dangerous lineup vs. the Bronx Bombers. As the first two games showed, baseball is well on its way to the most delicious title matchup since... Well, come to think of it, there hasn't been a cancel-your-plans-and-find-a-TV Series in a long while. Eight years, to be exact -- the final days of the '90s Yankees dynasty. Since the Diamondbacks stunned Mariano Rivera in Game 7 in 2001, nearly half the World Series have been sweeps. Several of them have featured ...
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