Sweepers Swept

The 2007 MLB Postseason was a good one for people who like runs but before I talk about that something else struck me as interesting. In the postseason five out of seven of the series were sweeps, strange enough but there was a particularly remarkable chain of sweeps. As we know the Diamondbacks swept the Cubs. Then the Rockies swept the Diamondbacks and the Red Sox swept the Rockies. Sweepers swept!

Also of all the sides that went on to win a particular series only four games were conceded out of all 28 played. Compare that to 2006 when there were only three sweeps out of the seven series and of the all the match ups that were played, the team that went on to win series conceded 6 of the 30 games, similar huh?

Finally, we come to the runs scored. Run lovers would have been happier with the 242 runs or 8.64 runs per game in 2007 than they would have been with the 219 or 7.3 runs per game in 2006.

Dunno why I felt compelled to do this but I have!