Braves - Giants Series Most Exciting Of The MLB Postseason

by gondeee on Nov 23, 2010 2:58 PM EST

All those Atlanta haters out there can eat their words. We now have proof that Atlanta Braves fans are not the slackidasical lot they are so often made out to be (normally by holier than thou Northern baseball fans). Thuuz, a new technology company tracking excitement in sports (featured in SI and CNBC), compiled a list of the Top 10 games of the postseason and the top series of the postseason.

Here are the top ten games of the Postseason. Please keep in mind that Thuuz uses a true 0 – 100 excitement scale, rather than a "padded curve" like our exam scores in high school. So, all of these games were absolutely outstanding; some were just more outstanding that others.

Top Ten Games of the 2010 MLB Postseason
Rank	Game	Date	Visitor	Home	Excitement Rating
1	NLCS	10/20/2010	Phillies	Giants	100
2	NLCS	10/23/2010	Giants	Phillies	100
3	NLDS	10/10/2010	Giants	Braves	97
4	NLDS	10/6/2010	Reds	Phillies	93
5	NLDS	10/11/2010	Giants	Braves	89
6	NLCS	10/16/2010	Giants	Phillies	85
7	ALDS	10/9/2010	Rays	Rangers	82
8	NLCS	10/21/2010	Phillies	Giants	79
9	World Series	11/1/2010	Giants	Rangers	77
10	ALDS	10/6/2010	Yankees	Twins	73

2010 MLB Postseason Series Ranked by Excitement
Series	Match-up		Series Excitement
NLDS	Braves	Giants	80
NLCS	Giants	Phillies	76
NLDS	Reds	Phillies	73
World Series	Rangers	Giants	62
ALDS	Yankees	Twins	57
ALCS	Yankees	Rangers	55
ALDS	Rangers	Rays	53

Man, that American League is just dull. Even Yankees fans couldn't seem to get it up for their team. A lot of this likely has to do with the time of some of these games. The Braves played all of their weekday games at 7pm or later on the East Coast, instead of in the middle of the day on a work day. This allowed more people in the prime market to watch the games and take the time to get excited about the games.

Of course it could also be that the Braves are just an exciting team. Deal with it.

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Comments

I'm a bit surprised

Game 2 of our series wasn’t on there. That was one of the most exciting games I’ve ever watched, but of course I am biased because it’s the only game we won.

E-Lizz - November 23, 2010 via mobile reply

This

Although I might be biased, because I was there. ;-)

Yakker - November 23, 2010 reply

Very much so

Considering the Reds/Phils, Rays/Rangers and Yankees/Twins all went 2-0, the Braves scratching, clawing, and gritting out the game 2 win on the road was the tensest, most exciting, nerve-wracking game I’d seen in a while.

royhobbs - November 24, 2010 reply