Baseball loves its numbers, yet none of the sport's squadron of calculators and array of analytical equations foresaw this.
It will be the Houston Astros vs. the Philadelphia Phillies in the 2022 World Series starting Friday in a matchup of "Them Again?" vs. "How the Heck?" The No. 1 seed in the American League vs. the No. 6 seed (gasp!) in the National League.
It is chaos in an arena where predictability is desired.