The Kingdome, after it gained sentience and realized the futility of Seattle sports.

Now that the Colorado Rockies got their ass handed to them lost to the Boston Red Sox, only four, bottom-of-the-alphabet teams have failed to appear in the Fall Classic: Seattle, Tampa Bay, Texas and Washington. In comparison to the NFL, only six teams have yet to play in a Super Bowl: Arizona, Cleveland, Detroit, Houston, Jacksonville and New Orleans.

Because Major League Baseball is in its third century, I’m surprised that four teams still haven’t appeared in the World Series. Notice that the four are historically inept, but all relative newbies compared to the majority of franchises. The NFL’s growth, compared to baseball, it meteoric. I’m surprised there aren’t more franchises without appearances.

Who will be the last baseball team not to make the World Series? Who will drive their GMC Official Truck of the Super Bowl to the Big Game last?
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