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Teams That Have Made the World Series Since 1986

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(Using current divisions)

American League

AL East: NY Yankees. Toronto Blue Jays.

AL Central: Cleveland Indians. Minnesota Twins.

AL West: Anaheim Angels. Oakland As.

Other teams:

Boston Red Sox

Kansas City Royals (won in ‘85)

Detroit Tigers (won in ‘84)

Baltimore Orioles (won in ‘83)

Tampa Bay Devil Rays

Chicago White Sox

Seattle Mariners

Texas Rangers

National League

NL East: Florida Marlins. Atlanta Braves. New York Mets. Philadelphia Phillies.

NL Central: Cincinnati Reds. St Louis Cardinals.

NL West: SF Giants. Arizona Diamondbacks. San Diego Padres. LA Dodgers.

Other teams:

Pittsburgh Pirates (won in ‘79)

Montreal Expos

Chicago Cubs

Milwaukee Brewers

Houston Astros

Colorado Rockies

So, 16 teams have reached the World Series since 1986. Of the other 14, 4 won in fairly recent history before that and 2 are 1990s expansion teams. If it’s Sox-Astros, some kind of destiny is waiting to be made. Pedro vs Roger, Game 7, Fenway Park, Halloween? My heart, my poor weak heart.