We’re counting down the best of the Braves from Octobers past, in which the good guys (almost) always win. Conveniently there’s no Wild Card round in the Office’s postseason.
Game 1 goes back to the first year of the NLDS, with the Braves taking on the Cinderella Rockies. The first round was oddly configured then, with the the team with the best record hosting the final three games of a best-of-5. Not much of a home field advantage.
The Braves seemed to have the advantage in Game 1, with Mad Dog facing Kevin Ritz, whose 4.21 ERA made him the ace of a Rockies staff that included Armando Reynoso and Marvin Freeman.