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This video will rank every World Series (https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/29104085/ranking-every-world-series-mlb-history) of the 1980s (https://home.adelphi.edu/~al19624/1980S.html) from worst to best. Looking at number of games in series, closeness of games, and narrative to determine the order. The 1980s (https://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/articles/the_25_best_mlb_teams_from_the_1980s/s1__38781276#slide_1) were not the best (https://www.tnonline.com/20231027/remembering-some-of-the-worst-world-series/) decade for the World Series (https://www.statmuse.com/mlb/ask/world-series-winners-80s), but MLB did have a handful of classics in this decade.


00:00 - Intro
00:24 - 1989 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1989_World_Series) Oakland A's vs. San Francisco Giants in the Earthquake Battle of the Bay
00:51 - 1984 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1984_World_Series) Detroit Tigers vs. San Diego Padres in a lopsided series
01:15 - 1983 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1983_World_Series) Baltimore Orioles vs. Philadelphia Phillies - Wheeze Kids fall to the O's
01:35 - 1981 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981_World_Series) Los Angeles Dodgers vs. New York Yankees in weird strike-shortened World Series
02:21 - 1987 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1987_World_Series) Minnesota Twins vs. St. Louis Cardinals - Most boring 7 game series
02:48 - 1980 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1980_World_Series) Philadelphia Phillies vs. Kansas City Royals - The Hemorrhoid Series
03:53 - 1982 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1982_World_Series) St. Louis Cardinals vs. Milwaukee Brewers - Whiteyball vs. Harvey's Wallbangers
05:52 - 1988 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1988_World_Series) Los Angeles Dodgers vs. Oakland A's - I don't believe what I just saw
07:03 - 1985 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1985_World_Series) Kansas City Royals vs. St. Louis Cardinals - The I-70 Series
09:12 - 1986 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1986_World_Series) New York Mets vs. Boston Red Sox - The Bad Guys and Buckner's Boner