(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.