Before this World Series, '04 changed this year's ALCS for me. I was almost amazed at myself and how little I was freaking out when we were behind Cleveland. It was a "been there, done that" thing, sort of.
As for the Series, TheKilo mentioned the key...almost none of that old crap that we were always buried in during the post season. Fox had the Buckner play on the other night, but other than that, no Bambino nonsense, no talking of curses and pining away for a title for years and years. This year's story gets to be dominating pitching, stellar established vets, clutch plays by favorites, and so on. That is because of '04.