Major League Baseball is almost over, and it seems like most of the country west of the Mississippi would rather watch the next episode of “The Office”.

This isn’t to downplay the quality of the teams in the World Series, because nobody can argue that the Yankees have been playing lights out and the Phillies are solid.

So why does it seem like the magic of the World Series has already come and gone?

One reason may be those in this part of the country do not care, but more likely people around here have not been given a real hook into this series. When anyone who is not a regular baseball fanatic heard who the two teams were they probably tuned out pretty quickly.

Even though it has been quite a few years since the Yankees have seen a World Series, it is kind of like hearing that Duke made it to the NCAA Championship. It is almost expected, and there really isn’t anything exciting about it. It’s like parents who refused to pay their kids for grades because they expected them to get all A’s.

Yankees highlighting this year’s game are not the only problem. Even though they won the World Series last year, the Phillies are still a team many people around here know next to nothing about.

The Phillies have the opposite effect as the Yankees because people have no idea what to think about this Philadelphia team. The names Jason Werth and Cliff Lee mean something to Phillies fans, but to other people, they might as well be foreign tennis stars.

Again, this isn’t meant to say that these teams are not some of the best baseball has ever seen, but people are just lost without a reason to tune into this game.

Yankees fans have been shouting the rally cry for World Series win No. 27, but what is so special about this number divisible by nine and three. It’s not their first win in a long time, and they have not overcome great obstacles on their road to victory.

The Phillies are going for their second win in a row, but most people in this part of the country won’t pay attention long enough to find this out.

So as the World Series comes to a close, I wonder how it passed so quickly. It is as if the games were played, and now we move on to another sport. It really is a shame that many people have not found a reason to tune into one of the most spectacular sporting events during the year.