After a Playoff Sweep, the World Series Is Anything but a Breeze

Just ran across this series sweep related article by NY Times writer Victor Mather from October 2015.

He writes:"There is nothing quite so emphatic as a playoff sweep. A 4-0 series triumph leaves no doubt about the better team and seems to underline the winner’s greatness.  With their victory over the Cubs on Wednesday night, the Mets became the eighth team to sweep a league championship series since the L.C.S. expanded to seven games in 1985. Those sweeps — 13 percent of all series — were accomplished with little trouble."

" Two of the sweeping teams, the 2014 Royals and the 2007 Rockies, had swept division series as well and were 7-0 heading into the World Series. Before Mets fans become too complacent about the coming series, they should be warned. This powerful set of teams did not carry good form to the next round. Only one of the seven previous sweeping teams won the World Series, the 1995 Braves. The others fell short, and three of them were swept themselves." he continues.

Salvador Perez helped fans celebrate last year's sweep by the Kansas City Royals, who went on to lose the World Series in seven. CreditCharlie Riedel/Associated Press