Rockies are NL Champs after defeating the punchless Diamondbacks by a count of 6-4 in Game 4 of the NLCS. And for those of you who don’t know, that’s Eric Byrnes lying flat on his face behind Todd Helton after making the final out of the series. Karma is a bitch, ain’t it Eric?
The Rockies have taken a huge 3-0 lead over the Arizona Diamondbacks in the National League Championship Series. And if that wasn’t good enough, all four runs the Rockies scored came via homeruns that sailed directly over the head of leftfielder Eric Byrnes, who a day earlier, just couldn’t keep his big mouth shut.
Here’s a fact: In MLB history, 29 teams have lost the first three games of a seven-game series. 23 of those teams went on to get swept by losing Game 4 and just one of those teams has come back to take the series by winning the following four games.
So yeah, this series isn’t over yet. But the 2007 Diamondbacks are certainly not the 2004 Red Sox.
Oh, and for the record, Byrnes turned in a spectacular 0-4 performance in Game 3, grounding into a double-play and weakly popping out two times. Yeah, you sure showed ‘em, Eric.
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Oh, and by the way, the Rockies beat the Phillies in Game One of the NLDS by a count of 4-2. Jeff Francis and the Rockies bullpen made Rollins, Utley, and Howard look foolish by hanging them with an 0-11 and eight strikeouts. The Rockies have effectively taken home field advantage away from the Phillies and ensured that there will be at least two games played at Coors in this series. Hopefully it won’t come to that, however.
