Tale of the Tape: National League Championship Series
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The tables have turned in the upcoming edition of the National League Championship Series. In a rematch of last year’s NLCS pairing, the parallels are stunningly consistent. A year ago, the Cubs stood supreme as baseball’s best team, and held the home froTale of the Tape: National League Championship Series
The tables have turned in the upcoming edition of the National League Championship Series. In a rematch of last year’s NLCS pairing, the parallels are stunningly consistent. A year ago, the Cubs stood supreme as baseball’s best team, and held the home front down for the series. Now it is the Dodgers who are the beneficiaries of pole position in the NL, and are preparing to take on a Cubs team had to put everything they had into enduring on to carry on with their championship defense. As much as the Cubs are scratching, clawing and Texas League-singling their way along throughout October, they are propelled by the ambition and experience of knowing that no moment is too big, nor too late for them to live on. Yet despite their brilliant record and dominant NLDS showing, the Dodgers are still striving to finally break through the roof that has capped their postseason experience twice in the past five years.At the end of this series, the 105-win seasons won’t matter anymore. Nor will the late-inning heroics of th Read more