CHICAGO -- OK, who saw this coming three months ago? Who knew, back in the last week of July, that the team that was about to represent the National League in the World Series was a team that had a .165 hitter (John Mayberry Jr.) batting cleanup? A team that had scored fewer runs than any offense in the major leagues? And a team that was giving major-league at-bats -- out of sheer necessity -- to Johnny Monell, Eric Campbell and Anthony Recker?
Who could have seen this? Who could have known?