You can look at the Los Angeles Dodgers playing the Tampa Bay Rays in the World Series in a few ways — big-market bucks vs. small-market smarts, Mookie Betts vs. Randy Arozarena or Andrew Friedman’s current team vs. his old one.
Those storylines are fun, but the simple one might actually be the best one: It’s the best team in the American League vs. the best team in the National League.
You’d think that's how it should be, but baseball’s postseason is known to see a wild card (or a wild-card team) slip into the Fall Classic.