Marc Topkin of the St. Petersburg Times excellent Rays blog, The Heater just posted a very interesting piece. It’s definitely worth the piece of the paper it’s printed on, urm….yeah, I guess that metaphor didn’t really translate well in the age of blogs. Nevertheless, check it out and put on those rally caps! Re-post below:
History shows the Rays have a chance
The Rays start play today 2 1/2 games back with seven to play. Research by the team shows seven teams have overcome that large a deficit with that little time left and made it to the postseason:
Year Team Deficit
2009 Twins 3.0 out with 5 left and caught the Tigers
2007 Phillies 2.5 out with 6 left and caught the Mets
2004 Astros 2.5 out with 7 to play and caught the Cubs
1987 Tigers 2.5 out with 7 left and caught the Blue Jays
1962 Giants 4.0 out with 7 left and caught the Dodgers
1951 Giants 3.0 out with 7 left and caught the Dodgers
1934 Cardinals 2.5 out with 6 left and caught the NY Giants