[Nick Soulis]

As the competition continues, the games just seem to be getting better and better. We had three series in this section go to seven games and all three were decided on walk off hits. The most miraculous story was the 1976 Baltimore Orioles who came back from three games down to win four in a row and in the deciding game, down three in the ninth scored four to finish the storybook. Al Bumbry with a memorable two run, two, out walk off double down the first base line. At Fenway, Jason Bay did his best Carlton Fisk impression with 2 home runs in the deciding game including a walk off two run shot to eliminate the 1984 Reds and Pete Rose. Finally, the 1994 Marlins saved some face as a franchise after Gary Sheffield hit two home runs in game seven including one in the 14th inning off Tom Gordon to walk off the 2002 Cubbies. Incredible stuff really.

There were five upsets in this section with the 1957 Pirates sweeping their advancement over Terry Francona and the 2010 Indians while the 2011 Angels fell to the 1964 Tigers and Al Kaline. Kid Elderfeld boosted the 1907 Highlanders over the pre world series 1902 Superbas in a fun deadball era series. In the meantime the 1935 Giants and the 1975 Royals took care of business.

The most anticipated series was that between the 1985 New York Mets and the 1956 Milwaukee Braves. Two teams one year off a championship and each winning over 90 games. The Braves take the series in six as Warren Spahn beat the legend of Dwight Gooden twice and in an incredible feat of futility, Darryl Strawberry goes 0-28 in the series.