The ‘86 Mets, who won three straight games to advance to the Bracket A finals, were defeated, 3-0, by the 1986 Houston Astros in the championship round. Bob Knepper and Nolan Ryan, in relief, shutdown the New Yorkers.
But the Mets scored nine runs off Mike Scott in the deciding game and held on for a 9-7 victory.
The top-seeded ‘86 Mets (4-1) were lifted by a five-RBI performance by Howard Johnson. Other top performers in the Mets' run were Darryl Strawberry, Sid Fernandez, Doc Gooden and Jesse Orosco.
The ‘84 Cubs are quite the story. As the No.8 seed in the eight-team Bracket B, they upended top-seeded 1984 Detroit Tigers, fourth-seeded 1982 Milwaukee Brewers, and No. 7 seed Chicago White Sox. The Cubs followed with a 5-3 win over their crosstown rivals in the championship round to go 4-0.
Chicago was spurred by pitchers Rick Sutcliffe and Lee Smith and third baseman Ron Cey, outfielder Gary Matthews and first baseman Leon Durham.
Previously, the ‘75 Cincinnati Reds defeated the ‘72 Oakland A’s in the @JackSacco6 sacco_john the “Best Teams of the 1970s” SOM World Series.
The top four team of the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s will advance to the 20-team, Grand Championship SOM tournament later this summer.
Eight teams have qualified for that tournament including (from the 1970s) ‘75 Reds, ‘72 A’s, 1979 Pittsburgh Pirates and 1974 Los Angeles Dodgers; and (from the 1980s), the ‘86 Mets, ‘84 Cubs, 1986 Astros and the 1983 White Sox.
The 1990s, 16-team (2 brackets of 8 teams) double-elimination tournament will be held following the conclusion of the 1980s WS.
Teams will include the 1990 A’s, 1991 Twins, 1992 Blue Jays, 1995 Indians, 1996 Yankees, 1997 Marlins, 1998 Astros, 1998 Padres, 1990 Reds, 1990 Pirates, 1993 Phillies, 1993 Giants, 1994 Expos, 1996 Braves, 1997 Orioles and 1998 Yankees.
Jack and I agree the 1970s tournaments were more fun than the 1980s. Neither of us are Cubs or Mets fans. We are looking forward to the 1990s tournament, which has a number of great teams.
The top four teams from the 1990s and eight wildcards — selected by @JackSacco6 and @sacco_john — will battle the others who have qualified in the Grand Championship tournament, which will feature four pigtail, best of three-game series’, and then eight, best-of-five quarterfinal series’. All other rounds will be best-of-seven.
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John Sacco
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