1.   Because the Dodgers swept the series, the details of that last game have clouded over.

2.   But none had ever swept the series.

3.   But the Braves swept the series and clinched their eighth consecutive division title the next weekend in Montreal.

4.   If we would have swept that series, I guarantee we would have won that next series in Philadelphia.

5.   In San Antonio, the Lakers managed to steal home-court advantage and then sweep the series.

6.   In sweeping the series, the Yankees beat the Padres in two games started by Kevin Brown, the hottest pitcher in baseball going into the Series.

7.   New Jersey advanced to the Eastern Conference finals, where they will play the Philadelphia Flyers, who swept their series with the Rangers.

8.   No team had swept a series of at least four games against the Lakers in seven years.

9.   Paradise Creek actually swept the series last year but was denied the bonus on a technicality when a late scratch in the Dixie reduced the field to five.

10.   So as cheesy as it seems, the Dodgers also swept a series for the first time in two months.