MLB Showdown Obsession

 When the 1994 season ended prematurely from the strike, it cancelled the World Series. If there was any consolation, it gave us all an extra year to appreciate the dramatic ending to the previous fall classic. The Toronto Blue Jays went into 1993 looking to defend their world championship and become the first repeat champs since the '77-'78 Yankees. The first order of business was to fend off those Yankees in the AL East as well as everyone else in the regular season. Cito Gaston led them to a 95-67 record, 7 games better than New York, for their 3rd straight division title and 4th in 5 years. (They wouldn't win the East again for another 22 years) This time in the ALCS the Jays would meet the Chicago White Sox. The series was dominated by the road teams with Toronto winning one game as host and finishing things up in six games in Chicago. Then it was back to the World Series where this time the Philadelphia Phillies were waiting. Game 1 was set to be a pitchers duel, but...