The 111th World Series features a historic matchup: Did you know this is the first time two expansion franchises have met in the Fall Classic? That’s right, each of the previous 110 series included at least one of baseball’s original 16 franchises. Pretty remarkable, huh?
Not that the Mets and Royals don’t have plenty of their own history, of course. New York owns two titles (1969, 1986) and two other World Series appearances (1973, 2000). Kansas City owns only one title (1985) to go with two other appearances (1980, 2014). Either way, the winner of this series is going to end a championship drought of at least 29 years.