[Chi-townChief]

"They shouldn’t have been here at all. "

Prettyu asinine statement - they beat the odds and deserved to win. When you think about it, we, as Americans, shouldn't be here at all either and yet, here we are, the world's premier nation!

[raccoonradio]

Yes it does give one hope, too, that "small market" teams
(or at least low budget ones) can do OK in playoffs or even win it all (Marlins '03, Cards '06 etc.) and also it's interesting that we've had diff. winners the past few years
and not the same team year after year...