Original sentence: In the first League Championship Series, the normally light-hitting Mets, once again considered underdogs despite having a better regular-season record than their opponent, put on an power display by scoring 27 runs in sweeping the favored Atlanta Braves in three games.Manager Gil Hodges employed a platoon system not unlike the Yankees of the Casey Stengel era, in which Ron Swoboda and Art Shamsky became a switch-hitting right fielder who hit 23 home runs and drove in 100 runs, and Ed Kranepool and Donn Clendenon added up to a switch-hitting first baseman who hit 23 more homers and knocked in another 95 runs
Edited sentence: Almost to a man, the 1969 Mets were united in their praise of their manager's skill.Everyone on the bench knew what their role was in the platoon—nobody felt that they'd ever lost their jobs.In the first League Championship Series, the normally light-hitting Mets, once again considered underdogs despite having a better regular-season record than their opponent, put on an uncharacteristic power display by scoring 27 runs in sweeping the favored Atlanta Braves in three games.Manager Gil Hodges employed a skillful platoon system not unlike the Yankees of the Casey Stengel era, in which Ron Swoboda and Art Shamsky became a switch-hitting right fielder who hit 23 home runs and drove in 100 runs, and Ed Kranepool and Donn Clendenon added up to a switch-hitting first baseman who hit 23 more homers and knocked in another 95 runs