This is a look at the 1988 World Series between the Oakland Athletics and Los Angeles Dodgers. Both teams have their own rivalry with the Giants, but are far different in many ways.
The Giants-Dodgers rivalry is historic. The most intense rivalry in all of sports. The rivalry with the A’s is more geographic. Like a cousin coming to stay for a week who decides that he likes it here. And he was taking all the best pieces of food at dinner too.
So when it came time to decide who I was going to root for in the 1988 World Series I decided that I was going to back the team that would anger Giants management the most if they won, so I went for the Dodgers.