Good Series

I'm not a fan of the five game division series. If I could, I would make it a best of seven series. The five game series is too much of a crapshoot.
But another reason I'm in favor of the seven game series is because of matchups like the Giants and Braves. Four games wasn't enough with these two teams. It was a great series, each game decided by one run. Who wouldn't want to see more of that?
The Giants eliminated the Braves 3-2 last evening and with it ends Bobby Cox's 29-year managerial career, the last 25 with the Braves.
Here's how I know I'm really getting old. I not only remember when Cox managed the Blue Jays, I remember, vaguely, him playing for the Yankees. Must have remembered him a bit from old Yankees yearbooks or something but I do remember him as a third baseman for the Yanks.
Cox exits with 2,504 wins over those 29-seasons, 5 pennants, 4 Manager of the Year awards but, just one World Series title, in 1995 over the Indians.
Only three other managers have more wins: Connie Mack (3,731), John McGraw (2,763) and Tony La Russa (2,638).
It was also a nice gesture following the game last night when Cox came out of the clubhouse and saluted the fans on the field. The Giants interrupted their celebration to exit their dugout and applaud Cox.
It will be strange not to see Bobby Cox in the Braves dugout next season.