Be honest—you didn't expect this World Series.
Not when the Astros fell behind 2-1 in the ALCS to a seemingly unstoppable Red Sox lineup and Xander Bogaerts gave Boston an early lead in Game 4.
And certainly not when the brackets came out and the 88-win Braves, champions of the NL Least... err, East... had to face the Brewers and later the Dodgers.
Yet here we are, Braves-Astros, a clash of former NL West "rivals."
The National League's team of the 1990s faces the American League's team of the past five years. The Astros are looking for their second championship in the last five years, while the Braves are looking for their first since 1995.