Division Series Notes
So far, I'm 0 for 8. That's pretty bad.
A couple of squeakers yesterday, good games. Thus far, we've had blowouts, squeakers, A-Rod 0-fers, fans affecting plays, and swarms of bugs descending onto the playing field -- everything the playoffs are all about. Well, the last one doesn't have to be bugs, of course -- it could be a tarp machine attacking a player or any number of other things, just something unusual affecting a game or series.
It's pretty amazing that all four series are 2-0 right now. I'm not sure if that's happened before (but might look it up), but I do know that there have never been more than two sweeps in a season, that happening in seven of the thirteen previous seasons with division series (1995-1998, 2000, 2005-2006). Two seasons (1996 and 1997) featured two sweeps in one league (National League both times).
I've found five teams that have come back from an 0-2 deficit to win the division series:
1981 NLDS: Dodgers beat Astros
1995 ALDS: Mariners beat Yankees
1999 ALDS: Red Sox beat Indians
2001 ALDS: Yankees beat Athletics
2003 ALDS: Red Sox beat Athletics
Prior to 1998, the division series featured two games at the lower-seeded city followed by three games (if necessary) at the higher-seeded city. So the first two of those involved the winning team still winning three home games, which is no longer applicable to the situation. The 2001 Yankees are the only team to win the division series after losing the first two games at home.
The League Championship Series was a five game series from 1969 through 1984. Still working on info there.
UPDATED: Turns out the only NLCS one was the one I already knew about: 1984, when the Padres came back to beat the Cubs. Even more painfully for Cubs fans, the Cubs had a lead in each of the final three games. Luckily, I'm too young to have been scarred by it. In the ALCS, the only one is the Brewers coming back to beat the Angels in 1982. So that's seven, total, comebacks from 0-2 deficits, though four of those came under the old format.
I also note that, currently, the Rockies are the only National League team to have never played in a League Championship Series (the Brewers are the only National League team to play in an American League Championship Series, and they have yet to appear in the NL version). The Expos/Nationals are the only other NL team to have never played in a World Series. Over in the American League, the Devil Rays have never made the playoffs, the Rangers have never played in the ALCS, and the Mariners have never played in the World Series.
A couple of squeakers yesterday, good games. Thus far, we've had blowouts, squeakers, A-Rod 0-fers, fans affecting plays, and swarms of bugs descending onto the playing field -- everything the playoffs are all about. Well, the last one doesn't have to be bugs, of course -- it could be a tarp machine attacking a player or any number of other things, just something unusual affecting a game or series.
It's pretty amazing that all four series are 2-0 right now. I'm not sure if that's happened before (but might look it up), but I do know that there have never been more than two sweeps in a season, that happening in seven of the thirteen previous seasons with division series (1995-1998, 2000, 2005-2006). Two seasons (1996 and 1997) featured two sweeps in one league (National League both times).
I've found five teams that have come back from an 0-2 deficit to win the division series:
1981 NLDS: Dodgers beat Astros
1995 ALDS: Mariners beat Yankees
1999 ALDS: Red Sox beat Indians
2001 ALDS: Yankees beat Athletics
2003 ALDS: Red Sox beat Athletics
Prior to 1998, the division series featured two games at the lower-seeded city followed by three games (if necessary) at the higher-seeded city. So the first two of those involved the winning team still winning three home games, which is no longer applicable to the situation. The 2001 Yankees are the only team to win the division series after losing the first two games at home.
The League Championship Series was a five game series from 1969 through 1984. Still working on info there.
UPDATED: Turns out the only NLCS one was the one I already knew about: 1984, when the Padres came back to beat the Cubs. Even more painfully for Cubs fans, the Cubs had a lead in each of the final three games. Luckily, I'm too young to have been scarred by it. In the ALCS, the only one is the Brewers coming back to beat the Angels in 1982. So that's seven, total, comebacks from 0-2 deficits, though four of those came under the old format.
I also note that, currently, the Rockies are the only National League team to have never played in a League Championship Series (the Brewers are the only National League team to play in an American League Championship Series, and they have yet to appear in the NL version). The Expos/Nationals are the only other NL team to have never played in a World Series. Over in the American League, the Devil Rays have never made the playoffs, the Rangers have never played in the ALCS, and the Mariners have never played in the World Series.
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