ROUND ONE:
(10)08 Cubs defeat (7)03 Americans (4-1)
I honestly thought this would be closer. The 08 Cubs handled their business with relative ease against the first World Series champs. Frank Chance was phenomenal, finishing the series with a .474/.545/.632 split. Just like in the 04 americans vs 07 cubs series, Brown outclassed Cy Young. Brown and Orval Overall each won both of their starts, with ERAs of 2.50 and 1.00 respectively. They were lights out in their back to back game 4 and 5 starts, basically finishing the series.
Young struck out 11 in his two starts, but lost both games and finished with an ERA of 4.41.
