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Article: Parity Helps Teams Reach World Series
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- October 24, 2006
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The Boston Red Sox broke the Curse. The Chicago White Sox won their first crown since Shoeless Joe Jackson. The Detroit Tigers could complete an unprecedented turnaround.
In this era of baseball parity, most everyone is invited to the World Series party.
Heck, who's next? The Chicago Cubs?
"No," said Dusty Baker, let go earlier this month as manager of the Cubs. "They think anyone can do this."
OK, so it's not that easy to go from worst to first.
Still, at a time when many fans figured Alex Rodriguez, Derek Jeter and the New York Yankees would dominate with a $200 million payroll, there's only one sure bet this October: For the seventh straight year, a different team will win the ...