It’s been 25 years since a World Series winner repeated as champion, 50 years since Carlton Fisk ended one of MLB’s greatest games and most important telecasts, 75 years since baseball introduced the first bullpen car and the rule to mandate the home team bats second and 100 years since Pittsburgh beat Washington through the worst weather conditions of a World Series Game 7: rain, mist, fog and a field described by the Washington Post as a “swampy bog.”
Happy new year, baseball fans. No sport is as informed by its past like baseball. While the Los Angeles Dodgers look fully capable of going back-to-back, the odds say you’re still better off taking the field rather than the Dodgers.
