The '84 team should have been to the series. They might have gotten steamrolled by the Tigers, but they were the best team in the NL (by my 9-year-old recollection.) tell us more about the olden days, grampa I hate everything about you. was history class easier back then No such thing. We did have a "Peering Into the Future" core requirement. I don't guess there was a sports section in that class. If I had known I was in for two and a half decades of futility, I don't think I'd still be following the Cobs.