Who do you think would have won the World Series in 1994 if the baseball season was not cancelled?

Question

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I think that if the 1994 Major League Baseball Strike did not occur, the 1994 World Series would have been between the American League Champions New York Yankees and the National League Champions Montreal Expos and the Expons would have won the series in six games.

Answer 1

Good question. Remember that the '94 Yankees were not the same "dynasty", Derek Jeter coverboy Yankees to which we've all, unfortunately, grown accustomed -- '94 was the first year after many VERY bad years that the Yankees were again a true contender, so I'm not really sure how they would have handled the postseason. Plus, '94 was to be the first year with the wildcard added to the playoffs, so who knows what would have happened. And the '95 Yankees weren't yet polished enough even to beat Seattle. As for the '94 Expos? Well, this sounds strange to say now, but pre-'94, the Expos actually were a decent team with an okay attendance figure from the late 80s until then. But like the '94 Yankees, they were a team that hadn't come near the playoffs in years. So, there's actually a good chance that neither team would even have made it to the world series.

The real weird thing about it is that the strike year, in retrospect, seems like a major turning point in the game -- the two best teams were comprised of one that would go on to spending record amounts of $$ year after year in pursuit of the title (I can't fault them only, though, since they weren't the only team doing spending so much) and another team that saw its payroll quickly diminish more and more year after year, eventually forced into relocation. You can't really get two more disparate teams then the Expos and Yankees -- yet in '94 the economic factor hadn't yet become too great a divide.

Answer 2

The Kansas City Royals would have defeated the Expos in the World Series.

Answer 3

I think the Braves would have caught the Expos and would have won the World Series over the Yankees.

Answer 4

I think the Expos had a great team and were well on their way to winning the championship, but Cleveland was pretty good too and they may have been able to knock them off. But I would have to say it was going to be the Expos year.

Answer 5

Expos in 5. No doubt.

Answer 6

The Expos had an amazing team that year with Alou, Walker, Pedro, etc. I think they could have taken it.

Answer 7

The Expos they had a hell of a team

Answer 8

Expos in six

Answer 9

Cardinals

Answer 10

yankees in four, they're the only team that pay dough martinez does not have a ridiculous winning record against.