Now given a few days to digest their sweeping National League Championship Series victory, the New York Mets await either the Kansas City Royals or Toronto Blue Jays for the World Series, set to begin Tuesday.
The Fall Classic is already assured of a matchup between expansion teams for the first time in history. The Mets (1962) and Royals (1969) were two of the eight teams MLB added to its original 16 during its rapid inflation in the 1960s. The Blue Jays (1977) joined later.
Prior to this October, at least one of the original 16 had played in every World Series since its inception in 1903.