#2’s Had 3 Of 4 Different Winners

Evoking Diana Ross’ great “Touch Me In The Morning,” “Wasn’t it yesterday,” that I noted the sweeps past in the 3 previous years of a 12/8 baseball tournament round?!

Three of the four teams, down (1-0) first the Guardians at home vs the Tigers, next the Padres at Chi vs the Cubs and then the Yankees at home vs the Red Sox forced Yom Kippur day, decisive third games, the Yankees/Boston tilt on the 47 year anniversary of the Yankees 1 game playoff/163rd game win at Boston’s Fenway Park in 1978.

In yesterday’s final tilt, defending champion L.A. Dodgers trailed (2-0) but again doubled the Reds (10-5 in #1 and (8-4 ) last night and will now face the N.L. “2” seed, Philadelphia Phillies in what seems a compelling best of 5 “div” series, beginning in Philly on Saturday.

The “Francona thing” did manifest again as now 18 of his 20 post-season series resulted either in sweeps, some at most 3 in one game entities where such was assured or either his team or opponent winning at least 3 straight games within the series.

2 minutes in “Wasn’t It Yesterday (Bell?!!!) as all 3 “series squarers” never trailed in what were at least fairly competitive tilts.