![]() ![]() That's not an exaggeration - this is the first NLCS between two teams with fewer than 90 wins. (Dodgers fans definitely loathe it.) Padres and Phillies fans will take it, though, as their teams meet in the most improbable matchup in National League Championship Series history. The first season with six playoff teams in the National League proved to be as chaotic as a system like this can allow it to be. The all-powerful, almighty Dodgers, winners of 111 games, the most in the National League since 1906? Gone in a blitz of blistering Padres fastballs. ![]() The 101-win Braves, trying to defend their World Series championship with a better, deeper team than last season? Gone in a blitz of Phillies power. The 101-win Mets, with a rotation featuring Max Scherzer and Jacob deGrom and their most wins in a regular season since 1986? Gone from these MLB playoffs. Well, excuse the San Diego Padres and Philadelphia Phillies for crashing the party. ![]()
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