As an aside, I had the privilege of reading a recent post by our Yankees writer Lisa Swan over at The Faster Times concerning Hot teams going into the playoffs and this is what she had to say after looking at the September/October records of the 72 playoff teams from 2000-2008…
Of the ten teams to have a winning percentage above .700 in the last month of the regular season, firing on all cylinders, only one of them – the 2007 Rockies – even made it to the World Series, where they were swept by the Red Sox. And just four of the hottest teams down the stretch even advanced past the first round of the playoffs in those years:
Year
Team
Win
Loss
Pct.
Result
2001
Athletics
23
4
.852
ALDS Loss
2002
Cardinals
21
6
.778
NLCS Loss
2004
Astros
23
7
.767
NLCS Loss
2000
Athletics
22
7
.759
ALDS Loss
2003
Twins...
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