Completely blown away by the stunning sweep of the 1939 Yankees by the 1914 Athletics. I'm pretty sure that was a series where the Athletics did not commit a single error, while the Yankees made 7 in the four games. The 1976 Reds were up 3 games to 1 on the 1912 Giants, and they were up 5-1 in Game 6 after 7 innings, yet the Giants were able to persevere and take the series in 7. Pretty sure the 1910 Cubs were up two games to none on the 1902 Pirates before Honus Wagner rallied the troops. What an amazing tournament so far and we're just getting down to the nitty gritty.
48 best of seven series so far, and we've still only seen six sweeps. There have been nine five gamers, 17 six gamers, and sixteen series (one third of them) have gone the distance. Still very close to 70% of the series have gone six games, and that is awesome.
We've gotten through a bumpy first couple of rounds in which there have been 20 "upsets". As I've said before, I'm not sure you can call any result an upset with teams this good.
Gotta give a shout out to the 1938 Yankees and the 1941 Dodgers though. The 1938 Yankees had to take down the 1909 Pirates (which they did in seven games) followed by their close relatives the 1936 Yankees (again going the distance). The 1941 Dodgers took out a couple of juggernauts of their own - the 1954 Indians and the 1998 Yankees, which they did in six games and seven games respectively with Joe Medwick earning MVP honours both times. We're just gettin' warmed up folks. I'll try to post screenshots from here on out now that there are fewer series' to oversee.
