Despite Arizona having the best record in the National League over the regular season, eight out of ten ESPN "experts" picked the Chicago Cubs to beat the Diamondbacks in the NL Division Series. Well, wouldn't you know it: eight out of ten experts were emphatically wrong, as Arizona swept Chicago out of the playoffs, winning three straight, and ensuring the Cubs' wait for a World Series will roll over to at least a century. The much-vaunted Cubs offense imploded, with the heart of their order, Lee, Ramirez and Soriano [together, earning as much as the entire D-backs post-season roster], going a collective 6-for-38 with no extra-base hits or RBI, and the D-backs staff restricted them to six runs over the three games.
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