I was eleven when the '62 series was played. To this day i still remember my grandfather laughing at the Game 4 headlines: "(Tom) Haller, (Chuck) Hiller, Hallaelujah, and the ((Marshall) Bridges came tumbling down"!
The World Series was _it_ back then. March Madness was obscure, the Super Bowl was undreamt of, the NBA finals was a two or three city affair. The World Series was the national sports coming together.