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O, Glorious Postseason
2004-10-20 09:33
What can I say that hasn't already been said, except ... I can't remember a postseason this exciting since ... 2003. Is it me, or has the baseball postseason constantly exceeded expectations? It's a honeymoon, year after year. 2004: Thrillers in both League Championship Series, including an unprecedented comeback by Boston. 2003: Thrillers in both League Championship Series, including unprecendented dual collapses by star-crossed Boston and Chicago. 2002: Thriller in the World Series, including an unprecedented Game 6 comeback by Anaheim. 2001: Thriller in the World Series, including an unprecedented walkoff Series-winning base hit off baseball's premier closer. This streak gets interrupted by the Yankees' sheer dominance from 1998-2000, in which they won 12 of 13 World Series games. That doesn't compare for sheer excitement, but even that, in a sense, was a marvel to watch. Prior to that: Florida and Cleveland go extra innings in a World Series seventh game in 1997, the Yankees rally from down two games to beat Atlanta in 1996, and the Braves finally climb the mountain with a nailbiter over the Indians in 1995. It's truly amazing what baseball can do when there isn't a strike or lockout.
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