I stumbled across this:
Manager Danny Ozark said that you could “throw a blanket” over four or five teams in the East (NY, Pgh, Chi, StL, and Chi). The Phils slipped out from under the blanket on the losing side. Peeking just a nose above the others were the Mets, who then took on the mighty Cincinnati Reds in the NLCS. Certain baseball happenings are inexplicable. The Mets NLCS win over the Reds in ’73 is one of those, although, as they say, anything can happen in a short series.
That’s one paragraph in an entire article about the 70’s, on what looks to be a cool blog.
Check it out here.