7.42% - So you’re saying there’s a chance?

Found August 25, 2009 on Baseball Think Factory:

7.42% - So you’re saying there’s a chance?

TEAMS: Chicago Cubs
PLAYERS: Jake Fox

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Today’s Baseball Prospectus’s playoff odds gives the Cubs a 7.42% chance at making the playoffs this year and a 5.58% chance at winning the NL Central. After a day when nothing went wrong for the Cubs (a.k.a., an off day), I found myself wondering what exactly has to happen for the Cubs to reverse choke this season. The Cubs are sitting 8 games behind the Cards entering play today, but only 6 in the loss column. The Cards are currently on pace for around 92 or 93 wins (BProR...

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