Can you name the pairs of MLB teams that would have met in the WS if they hadn't lost the LCS? by DJC_83

Can you name the pairs of MLB teams that would have met in the WS if they hadn't lost the LCS?

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Source: Baseball Reference
Enter the teams which would have played each other in the World Series had they not lost the NLCS or ALCS. You only need to type the nicknames; the order (NL or AL) doesn't matter.
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Year	Alternate World Series	Real World Series
1969		Mets def. Orioles
1970		Orioles def. Reds
1971		Pirates def. Orioles
1972		Athletics def. Reds
1973		Athletics def. Mets
1974		Athletics def. Dodgers
1975		Reds def. Red Sox
1976		Reds def. Yankees
1977		Yankees def. Dodgers
1978		Yankees def. Dodgers
1979		Pirates def. Orioles
1980		Phillies def. Royals
1981		Dodgers def. Yankees
1982		Cardinals def. Brewers
1983		Orioles def. Phillies
1984		Tigers def. Padres
1985		Royals def. Cardinals
1986		Mets def. Red Sox
1987		Twins def. Cardinals
1988		Dodgers def. Athletics

Year	Alternate World Series	Real World Series
1989		Athletics def. Giants
1990		Reds def. Athletics
1991		Twins def. Braves
1992		Blue Jays def. Braves
1993		Blue Jays def. Phillies
1995		Braves def. Indians
1996		Yankees def. Braves
1997		Marlins def. Indians
1998		Yankees def. Padres
1999		Yankees def. Braves
2000		Yankees def. Mets
2001		D'backs def. Yankees
2002		Angels def. Giants
2003		Marlins def. Yankees
2004		Red Sox def. Cardinals
2005		White Sox def. Astros
2006		Cardinals def. Tigers
2007		Red Sox def. Rockies
2008		Phillies def. Rays
2009		Yankees def. Phillies

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Created Mar 18, 2010 in Sports
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	DJC_83:	Mar 18th, 2010 at 17:38 GMT		1 point
	I don't know if anyone's going to mention it, but one interesting thing I found when making this was the 3 consecutive Phillies-Royals WS there could have been. Though both teams would win a WS in the early '80s, I wouldn't have wanted to be a fan of theirs back in the '70s.

	Jmisho:	May 31st, 2010 at 23:33 GMT		1 point
	This would be great with other sports too.

	Craneaa:	Aug 6th, 2010 at 22:30 GMT		2 points
	Good game, but please accept "A's" for Athletics!

	Karmacode:	Sep 22nd, 2010 at 08:49 GMT		1 point
	Man the Tribe could've beat Colorado or Zona in 07. :( Good quiz.

	Masternachos:	Sep 25th, 2010 at 06:14 GMT		4 points
	2003 would have been SO EPIC!

	indyjeff:	Sep 25th, 2010 at 12:03 GMT		2 points
	Man, it was a lot easier to remember these for 69-93 than for the last 15 years. With 4 playoff teams per league instead of 2, it's hard to keep straight which teams went out in the first round, rather than the second, especially with teams like the Yankees, Braves, and Indians making so many appearances.

	MMayes:	Sep 25th, 2010 at 20:42 GMT		1 point
	masternachos, while it would have been "epic" to have the drama as to which team was going to get past some horrid curse, there would have been no doubt that one of them was going to do it. Even as a Cardinal fan and watching the sweep in 2004, until Renteria grounded to Foulke, I kept waiting to see what kind of cosmic collapse was going to befall the Red Sox. Who knows how long we'll have to wait to see the Cubs try again in a Series?

	Masternachos:	Sep 25th, 2010 at 23:14 GMT		3 points
	@MMayes- Well, that is true, I had not thought of that...

	Backinblack:	Sep 27th, 2010 at 02:51 GMT		1 point
	Lots of what ifs and interesting scenarios: the Expos making it to the world series in 1981; the Mets and Red Sox meeting in 1988 instead of 1986; the Orioles making back-to-back world series in the mid-90s; the Mariners making 3 world series in 8 years; Manny facing the Red Sox in 2008; and an all-Los Angeles world series in 2009.

	Maherdabum:	Jun 23rd, 2012 at 19:28 GMT		1 point
	I'm kind of digging this alternate universe. Yankees only go to the World Series twice in 40+ years, whereas the Cubs (3), Royals (4), Angels (5) & White Sox (3) all would have changed their destiny!

	DJC83:	Jun 24th, 2012 at 15:58 GMT		1 point
	And what's funny is that both times the Yankees would have gone to the WS, they would have faced off against the Astros.

	Doofenschmirtz:	Oct 24th, 2012 at 15:23 GMT		1 point
	Needs to be updated to include 2010-12. How do we do that?