A World Series with no former champion: Rays and Brewers meet after both win their pennants
The AP preview packs the history (Seattle Pilots, the 1982 'Suds Series', the Devil Rays) into one read for anyone who doesn't follow baseball.
The Milwaukee Brewers finished a four-game sweep of the Los Angeles Dodgers in the National League Championship Series, and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Cleveland Guardians in six games for the American League pennant. The World Series opens Friday, Oct. 23, in Milwaukee.
According to the Associated Press, it is the first World Series between two teams that have never won a title since 1980, so the champion will be a first-timer. Both clubs are in the bottom half of MLB payrolls, and both play under roofs, so the AP says it will likely be baseball's first all-indoor championship.
The Brewers began as the 1969 Seattle Pilots and lost their only previous World Series, in 1982, to St. Louis. The Rays lost theirs in 2008 and 2020. Jake Bauers, a former Ray, was MVP of the NLCS; Freddy Peralta, a former Brewer, was ALCS MVP.
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1982 World Series
After exploring Rays-Brewers will produce a first-time champ, and maybe the first all-indoor World Series | WUSF, the Brewers' only other Fall Classic is told in 1982 World Series.
Wikipedia's account of the 1982 World Series, which the St. Louis Cardinals won over the Milwaukee Brewers in seven games.
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