Mathematical probability, in a perfectly equitable distribution of championships, means each MLB team would win a World Series once every 30 years. That is not the world we live in, of course, so many franchises have experienced long title droughts that have stretched into multiple decades. There is even one that has never appeared in the Fall Classic.

That establishes a super fun element to this year's postseason. We have seven playoff teams who have gone longer than 30 years since their last World Series championship -- including the Milwaukee Brewers and San Diego Padres , who have never won, and the Seattle Mariners , who have still never reached the World Series 48 years into their franchise history.

Maybe, just maybe, some team's long-suffering fans will experience that eupho

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