You NEVER know with baseball - NEVER. If they played 100 games Houston would probably win 55, but in a 7 game series who knows. To this point, this postseason is exactly like 1996. The Braves had swept the Dodgers 3-0, after falling behind 1-3, won 3 in a row from St. Louis by a score of 32-1, and the first 2 at Yankee Stadium by a score of 16-1. So that is 5 in a row by a combined score of 48-2 - you rarely see that in baseball, especially against postseason teams. Going back home there were some baseball writers speculating that this might be one of the great teams of all time and Atlanta might be headed for a Yankee-like dynasty, having won the WS the previous year and being so young. Then Cone beat Glavine who pitched very well. Then game 4: Braves got ahead 6-0 with Neagle pitching lights out, 2 single shutout thru 5, Jermaine Dye botched a foul ball running clumsily over the bullpen mound that was a big play. NY scored 2 more and made it 6-3. Bielecki came in with 2 on and 0 out and struck out 3 in a row. He retired the 7th giving up a walk. Then Wohlers...and Leyritz. NY won 8-6 in 10, scoring unearned runs in the 6th and 10th. NY won the next two 1-0 and 3-2. The course of baseball history changed on the Dye misplayed foul ball. (Though a supporter of his greatness, I had always been critical of Bobby Cox's maneuvering in game 4, but after seeing the sequence of events changed my mind. He really did a fine job.)
Who knows how this one will play out. Houston could win 4 in a row but Zach Grienke, who is a HOF reg season pitcher, is one of the last I would want to rely on, conversely Sanchez has always been a money postseason pitcher. They will both probably go against form. Frankly none of the starters have been lights out, just solid except for the best one, Cole, who was below avg. David Price was Greinke last year and he turned things around completely with Boston. Again, in baseball you just NEVER know. Houston could pout and get swept. Wash with 4 postseason appearances since 2012, probably favored in each, had never won one series in its 43 year history, with some excruciating losses. Take heart Atlanta :smile:. But there is time for them to blow it, though it does not look like it today. IMO, they won't, which means they probably will :smile:.
