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Here is our bracket leading into the Final Four, which will start on Tuesday. This has been a truly remarkable tournament full of upsets. The #1 overall seed 1927 Yankees have yet to be challenged, with an overall tournament record of 15-1. The 1990 Pittsburgh Pirates, with a 13 seed, have rode the arm of Doug Drabek and bats of Don Slaught, Bobby Bonilla, Barry Bonds and Andy Van Slyke to a 15-5 record. The 1997 Mariners, also a 13 seed, feature a lineup of hall of fame players and one of the greatest pitchers of all time. They've went 15-5 after escaping the 1965 Twins and a 2-1 deficit in the opening round. The biggest story of all is the all time Cinderella, the #15 seed 2009 Colorado Rockies, who have went 15-6, but half their losses came via the Montreal Expos.

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1927 Yankees vs 1990 Pittsburgh Pirates

Prediction: Duh, Yankees. The only way the Pirates have a prayer here is that Doug Drabek will have to win 3 games. New York in 5

1997 Mariners vs 2009 Rockies

Prediction: I'm not bailing on the Rockies now. They get the benefit of potentially 4 games with a DH. A deep lineup and pitching that is good enough to get the job done. Rockies in 7.
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Game 1

Andy Van Slyke drove home Barry Bonds in the first and in the second, Doug Drabek helped his own cause with a two run single to score Wally Backman and Jose Lind to make it 3-0. A 6th inning Backman double scored Van Slyke to make it a 4-0 margin. Max Koenig led off the 7th with a triple for New York and scored on a Joe Dugan single to make it 4-1. Earle Combs led off the 8th with a single, but Drabek would strike out Ruth and Gehrig. Tony Lazzeri blooped a double to left center to score Combs with two out. Pat Collins fly ball fell in front of Van Slyke for a single to cut the lead to one. Koenig then hit one over the head of Barry Bonds to tie the game. Stan Belinda came on to get Dugan, but the Yankees had tied the game. Singles by Slaught and Bonilla gave the Pirates runners at the corners with one out in the 10th. With the infield in, Van Slyke grounded out to short for the second out and Bream popped out to second to strand the runners. Bob Patterson struck out Ruth and Gehrig to start the 10th. Lazzeri lined a single to center. Pat Collins then smoked one in the gap in left center. Jay Bell's relay throw was up the line at third as Lazzeri scored the winning run to give the Yankees a walk off, 5-4 10 inning victory.

With two away in the third inning, Ken Griffey Jr. bounced one off the wall in right center to score Joey Cora and Jay Buhner to give the Mariners a 2-0 lead over Colorado. Todd Helton responded with a solo home run in the 4th to cut the lead in half. The M's countered in the 4th when Russ Davis homered to left to make it 4-1. Ian Stewart scored in the 5th on a groundout by Clint Barmes to make it 4-2. A bases loaded single by Cora in the 6th and a solo shot by Jose Cruz in the 7th gave the M's a 6-2 lead. With Randy Johnson having only gave up four hits, Lou Pinella sent him back out to finish things in the 9th. He promptly walked the bases loaded to start the inning. After a mound visit by Dan Wilson, he then struck out the next three batters to finish things off.
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Game 2

Babe Ruth hit 3 home runs, Urban Shocker allowed 3 runs in 8 innings and the Yankees coasted to a 12-3 victory.

A Todd Helton double drove in Seth Smith to put the Rockies ahead 1-0 in the top of the first. Junior answered in the bottom half with a two run bomb into the upper deck in right off Jason Marquis. Seth Smith hit a bases loaded single in the second to score two. Tulo would later draw a bases loaded walk to make it 4-2 before Ian Stewart struck out to end the inning. With two out in the second and the bases loaded, Jay Buhner hit a triple to give the M's a 5-4 lead. Tulo homered leading off the 5th to tie things up. The Rockies exploded for 6 runs in the 8th, capped off by a 3 run shot by Tulo that just snuck over the wall in left to make it 11-5, which was the final score.
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Game 3

Babe Ruth and Tony Lazzeri went deep in the first to stake the Bronx Bombers to a 3-0 lead against Bob Walk and the Pirates. Pittsburgh got a run back when Bobby Bonilla drove in Barry Bonds in the bottom of the inning. The Pirates would take the lead in the bottom of the 2nd, thanks to an RBI double by Don Slaught and Bonilla driving in Slaught and Bob Walk with a double to left to make it 4-3. Lou Gehrig and Lazzeri went back to back in the 3rd to retake the lead 6-4. Wally Backman poked one over the left field wall in the bottom of the inning to cut the lead to one. With two out in the bottom of the 4th, Barry Bonds hooked one around the right field foul pole to tie the game.The tie lasted two pitches into the top of the 5th, when Babe Ruth led off the inning with a blast into the second deck in right field to make it 7-6. The Yankees added 3 insurance runs in the 7th and 8th, while the Pirates could only muster a 9th inning leadoff homer by Bonds for a 10-7 final. The Yankees go for the sweep against Doug Drabek tomorrow.

Todd Helton put the Rockies on the board in the first with a single to drive home Dexter Fowler, and the Rockies added three more in the second on singles by Barmes and Fowler to take a 4-0 lead. Ken Griffey Jr. answered with a three run bomb into the pine trees in the 3rd to cut the lead to one. Tulo drove in Brad Hawpe with a single in the 3rd and scored on an Ian Stewart double play to make it 6-3.Hawpe and Tulo drove in 3 more in the 4th to make it 9-3. When all was said and done, the Rockies had a 12-5 win behind 6 strong innings from Aaron Cook. Seven Rockies drove in runs.
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Game 4

Earle Combs drove in two runs in the 3rd to give the Yankees the lead. Barry Bonds got the Pirates first hit in the 5th to drive in a run, but the Yanks would answer in the 6th with 3 more. By the time all was said and done, the Yankees had swept the Pirates with a 6-3 win.

Dexter Fowler and Carlos Gonzalez homered twice, Tulo and Chris Ianetta added ones of their own as the Rockies cruised to a 16-6 win at Coors to take a 3-1 series lead. Jason Hammel allowed 2 runs in 7 innings for the win as the Rockies pounded Omar Olivares and Derek Lowe for 12 runs in the first 5 innings. Junior, Edgar, Dan Wilson and Rob Ducey went yard in the losing effort.
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Game 5

The M's put 3 on the board in the first on singles by Griffey, Russ Davis and Dan Wilson. Ian Stewart answered with a two run shot in the 3rd. The M's added four in the 4th thanks in part to an error by Dexter Fowler. The Rockies cut the lead to 7-5 in the 5th thanks to a two run blast by Tulo, but that would be as close as they would get. Edgar Martinez busted the game open with a 6th inning grand slam and the final score was 12-6. Back to the Kingdome
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Game 6

A Dan Wilson passed ball allowed Dexter Fowler to come home with the first run of the game in the first inning. Following a leadoff walk in the 4th, Chris Ianetta put one in the right field seats to make it 3-0. Paul Sorrento's three run blast in the 4th tied the game and a Dan Wilson single scored Russ Davis and knocked Jason Marquis out to give the M's a 4-3 lead. Seth Smith and Todd Helton walked to start the 5th and Tulo followed with a long home run to left center to give the Rocks a 6-4 lead. Joey Cora led off the 6th with a double and would later score on a ground out by Jay Buhner. Franklin Morales retired the M's in order in the 7th. Rafael Betancourt did so in the 8th. Huston Street then slammed the door in the 9th with a 1-2-3 inning to save the 6-5 win and send the 2009 Rockies to the GOAT Championship Series
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