World Series 2023: Diamondbacks meet Rangers in matchup no one expected

The 119th World Series begins on Friday night as Arizona and Texas meet for baseball's biggest prize in a matchup that would have seemed all but impossible six weeks ago If you wanted to place a bet in early September that the Texas Rangers and Arizona Diamondbacks would be the contestants in World Series, you could have gotten fantastic odds. On 8 September, Arizona's chance to reach the postseason - not even the World Series, just the playoffs - was 46.2%, according to FanGraphs. Texas's chanc...