[OutsiderFan]

Baseball continues to show it's a sport where game to game trends don't mean much. 

This CWS was shaping up as the overall closest I can remember; with 9 of the first 14 games decided by 1 run or extra innings. Of the other five, one was a 2 run game, two were 3 run games, and two 5 runs. 

Then everything went nuts. 
Florida won game two of the final series 24-4. 
LSU won game three 18-4.

I told a friend the Rockies would beat the Angels on Sunday after the Angels crushed them 25-1 on Saturday. Rockies 4, Angels 3 on Sunday.

I figured LSU would win Game 3 after seeing Gators pitched their top guy in Game 2, but who could have imagined that easily. Pretty smart strategy by LSU to play rope a dope of sorts in Game 2. Shades of Steve Kerr happily taking Game 5 blowout loss in Memphis to rest his team for clinching Game 6 in 2022 playoffs. 

What a bummer that the championship series was so lopsided after first game, given there were so many great close games in the CWS as a whole.

[OutsiderFan]

Baseball continues to show it's a sport where game to game trends don't mean much. 

This CWS was shaping up as the overall closest I can remember; with 9 of the first 14 games decided by 1 run or extra innings. Of the other five, one was a 2 run game, two were 3 run games, and two 5 runs. 

Then everything went nuts. 
Florida won game two of the final series 24-4. 
LSU won game three 18-4.

I told a friend the Rockies would beat the Angels on Sunday after the Angels crushed them 25-1 on Saturday. Rockies 4, Angels 3 on Sunday.

I figured LSU would win Game 3 after seeing Gators pitched their top guy in Game 2, but who could have imagined that easily. Pretty smart strategy by LSU to play rope a dope of sorts in Game 2. Shades of Steve Kerr happily taking Game 5 blowout loss in Memphis to rest his team for clinching Game 6 in 2022 playoffs. 

What a bummer that the championship series was so lopsided after first game, given there were so many great close games in the CWS as a whole.