Wild Wild Card Races IGT's

[Frayed Knot]

Although earlier in the month those teams were up by 9-1/2 & 10-1/2 -- a further fall over a longer time.
For a smaller fall in a shorter time you can go to the '64 Phillies and their loss of a 6.5 lead over the final 10
All depends on how you want to look at it I suppose.



btw, a quick look at Boston's season:
2-10 start ... followed by an [u:3rzkp869]81-42[/u:3rzkp869] stretch ... followed by 7-20

[Guest attgig]

metsmarathon wrote: the nice thing about the red sox collapse, and to a lesser extent, the braves, is that its being called the biggest collapse in history. they're wrong, as neither was worse than 07, both playoff-odds-wise and games-up-with-games-left-wise. with 17 to go, the sox were only up by 4.5 games. the braves, whose collapse is being greatly undersold, were up by 6.5 games.

SHHHHH!!!! DON'T TELL THE MEDIA THAT!

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

According to Cool Standings, Red Sox moved the '07 Mets from 3rd worst to 4th worst collapse of all time, based on their peak of playoff probability:

1995 California Angels - 99.9%
1951 Brooklyn Dodgers - 99.7%
2011 Boston Red Sox - 99.6%
2007 New York Mets - 99.5%
1934 New York Giants - 99.2%
1999 Cincinnati Reds - 98.4%
2011 Atlanta Braves - 98.3%
1962 Los Angeles Dodgers - 98.1%
2003 Seattle Mariners - 96.8%
1964 Philadelphia Phillies - 96.3%

[Guest Edgy DC]

Well done, Cool Standings.

[HahnSolo]

I have ZERO recollection of a 2003 Mariners choke.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

I don't remember the '95 Angels very well (I didn't watch any baseball that year) but they had an 11-game lead in August, then a 9-game September losing streak helped to put them in a tie with Seattle and they lost the play-in badly.

[Vic Sage]

that's cuz neither the Angels nor Mariners have an ongoing narrative in the media's mind that needs to be flogged annually.

[Guest attgig]

well, the 03 mariners were in first place on august 26 so, it was close to a month of playing behind. crazy that their playoff percentage would be that high in august though.

[Centerfield]

Vic Sage wrote: Centerfield wrote: Gwreck wrote: Because the Yankees wanted Tampa to win. Exactly. So if Reyes should play all innings of the last game, so should Rivera pitch that 9th inning. that's total bullshit. The Yankees have every competitive reason to play their roster in a way that best prepares them for the post-season. If that means resting Rivera the last day of the season, then so be it. It is in NO WAY comparable to a guy deciding for himself to play or not play as a strategy to achieve an individual statistical goal unrelated to the team.

I looked up his appearances, and you are right. I thought the Yankees next game was Saturday, but it's Friday. And Rivera pitched Tuesday, so yes, pitching him back-to-back games is probably not a good idea with that fast of a turnaround. Well, it's at least a defensible move. (Disregard what I said about Rivera in the other post.)

[HahnSolo]

attgig wrote: well, the 03 mariners were in first place on august 26 so, it was close to a month of playing behind. crazy that their playoff percentage would be that high in august though.

Their biggest lead was 8 games--in June! They did lose 8 out of 9 in August that moved them from 4 up to 2 down in the division. Either way, that can't nearly be as devastating as what happened last night (or in '07, '95).