October 20, 2005
Ranking the Series
ESPN figured out how to do a Borda count poll! You can rank the last 20 World Series here. These polls don't suffer from having a small plurality win the vote. In general, the consensus second choice tends to win.
As of right now, the top three are '01, '91, & '88. Huh? 1988 was exciting in game 1, and though we expected the A's to come back at some point, it was only a 5 game series. That's not exciting really.
Personally, my top picks are: '01, '97, and '91. Marlins-Indians went into extra innings of the 7th game. How can you beat that for excitement? Only by the D'backs exciting dethroning of a dynasty.
Sometimes I wonder how people think.