Brian Wright (MLB.com, New York Mets All-Time All-Stars, Mets in 10s) joins host Thomas Emerick to resurface this NL East showdown in the 1997 National League Championship Series between the Atlanta Braves and the recently non-existent Florida Marlins. We got Liván Hernández, Greg Maddux, and a big strike zone for left-handed hitters. Hear why this was the most shocking league championship series round to that point, when quantifying via the betting markets for every series since they started playing this round back in 1969 — No. 1 by a mile. In the time since, only 2010 tops it.

Even this year's underdogs heading to the World Series in the Texas Ranger and Arizona Diamondbacks didn't knock off nearly as big of favorites in terms of combined odds, as with Florida toppling Atlanta and Cleveland upsetting Baltimore one riveting week back in '97. And it really starts rolling Sunday in Miami with Game 5.

This is Remember That Game, the podcast about sporting events that take you on a journey and chart the path of the zeitgeist.

I'm your host Thomas Emerick, enjoy the show.

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More on Braves-Marlins Game 5 from the 1997 NLCS:

• Box score: Florida Marlins 2, Atlanta Braves 1 (Pro Baseball Reference)
• Full game broadcast (YouTube)
• SportsCenter highlights for the full series (YouTube)
• Florida Marlins 1997 stats (Pro Baseball Reference)
• Marlins celebrate anniversary of '97 championship season (MLB.com)

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RotoViz Contributor Thomas Emerick (@ThomasEmerick)

Guest

MLB.com Contributor and Mets Book Author Brian Wright (@BrianWright86)

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