What happens when neither hometown team makes the World Series

Los Angeles had two shots to send a team to the World Series this year, but neither the American League Angels nor the National League Dodgers made it past the first round of the playoffs. Now the Los Angeles Times is running an on-line survey asking readers to vote on who will win the World Series. Two selections out of the seven possible choices received 68.8 percent of the total votes cast. Finishing second in the voting right now with 1,599 votes is Tampa Bay in either five or six games. But the leading vote recipient, with 2,082 votes, is "Who cares?"