Congratulations OP, also those who achieved the corresponding "crosses," and they worked, in my case, I was going for the Rangers for the championship but in game 7.
So, for game 5 and the hypothetical game 6 my bets would go with Arizona, whatever, the post season went badly for me.
To question above, Casper, in fact it is the first title for the Texas Rangers and not only that, the MLB formula works with its wild card idea, it was a world series with two of the worst of the best teams.
In other words, the opportunity to win a World Series title is not necessarily contested by the best teams of the season.