Let's Beat a Dead Horse Just a Little More

Once upon a time, in a land called Playoff Baseball, three teams went up two games to none in their Division Series.

Each of these teams enjoyed an insurmountable lead because they had momentum.

Team One -- we'll call them the Dodgers, like the Artful Dodger of Oliver Twist fame -- went to the desert and swept the third game to win the series.

Team Two -- we'll recognize the genius of George Jetson's dog by naming them for him -- scored three times early in the next game and then got plastered 10-3. Uh oh, momentum gone! They came back from a deficit to win the series in Game 4.

Team Three -- the one that lost three straight deciding games to gakk up the 2016 World Series -- lost two straight deciding games in New York despite the largest gap in regular season wins between division series opponents (11 games). Now they must return to Cleveland with all the momentum switched to the other side. They might as well give up.

Three 2-0 counts; three different results. 

Momentum sure is predictive. Of nothing.