CHICAGO — There’s a chance now, right? Before this fall, 35 major league baseball teams have lost the first three games of a best-of-seven series. One (1) has come back to take the next four — the 2004 Boston Red Sox against the New York Yankees.
“I think that was a once-in-a-lifetime thing,” said Dave Roberts, key base stealer for those legendary Red Sox, manager of the modern-day Los Angeles Dodgers. “Teams can’t do that anymore.”
He winked. But you’re right, Dave. You’re right.
Roberts’ Dodgers won the first three games of the National League Championship Series against the Chicago Cubs.