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World Series Guarantees a New Winner, Ruins Everyone's Old Script
· New York time
The Tampa Bay Rays will face the Milwaukee Brewers in the World Series, ensuring that one franchise wins its first championship. It is the first World Series matchup since 1980 in which both teams are pursuing their first title. For fans, that creates a rare arrangement: the familiar championship celebration is guaranteed to happen somewhere unfamiliar. There can be no defending champion explaining that winning never gets old, although losing teams have long suspected this claim required independent review. The matchup also changes the usual postseason storytelling. Instead of another chapter in an established dynasty, the series offers two clubs trying to write the first page of a much shorter commemorative book. Every familiar sports phrase about history suddenly has actual work to do. There is still no trophy for having the most emotionally persuasive backstory. The games will settle the matter, which is an inconvenient limit on the national supply of pregame speeches. Until then, both fan bases can enjoy the same unusual luxury: picturing a celebration without anyone interrupting to compare it with the franchise's previous six. Baseball has arranged a fresh ending. It has wisely left the score to the players.
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