First, a cliché.
Something has to give as the Braves and the Dodgers head into the National League Championship Series as the only two undefeated teams in the postseason aided by the best pitching in these playoffs, with Atlanta first with a 0.92 ERA and the Dodgers second at 2.00. Oh, and these offenses — the two most home-run bashing, run-scoring lineups in the regular season — can do plenty of damage
These Braves are no upstart, winning the NL East for the third straight time, and Atlanta has been waiting 19 years for this moment, but the pressure is unquestionably on Los Angeles, which has won eight straight NL West titles and made two World Series, with no championships to show for it.