From Deseret News archives:
Baseball: Around the horn
Not over yet
Comebacks do happen. The Rockies were six games back in the NL wild-card race Sept. 1 and wound up winning the pennant. The biggest deficits teams that reached the postseason have faced heading into September:
• 1964 Cardinals: Fourth place, 7 1/2 games behind Phillies.
• 1995 Mariners: Second place, 7 1/2 games behind Angels.
• 1938 Cubs: Fourth place, 7 games behind Pirates.
• 1951 Giants: Second place, 7 games behind Dodgers.
• 1930 Cardinals: Fourth place, 6 1/2 games behind Cubs.
• 1978 Yankees: Second place, 6 1/2 games behind Red Sox.
—Rocky Mountain News
TOP 10
MAGIC NUMBER EDITION
(As of Friday night)
TEAM ... Last week
1. Chicago Cubs ... 1
18 — NL Central
2. Tampa Bay Rays ... 2
21 — AL East
3. Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim ... 3
5 — AL West
17 — AL wildcard
5. Milwaukee Brewers ... 7
18 — NL wildcard
6. Chicago White Sox ... 5
21 — AL Central
7. Minnesota Twins ... 6
Out of the playoffs right now
8. New York Mets ... 8
20 — NL East
9. Philadelphia Phillies ... 8
Out of the playoffs right now
10. Arizona Diamondbacks ... 10
22 — NL West
— Aaron Morton
FANTASY TIPS
2009 SLEEPERS
One person who has a unique way of approaching fantasy baseball is former insurance actuary Scott Swanay, who quit that business four years ago to start his own statistical consulting service — for fantasy baseball.
"I was an applied math major," says Swanay, a 1987 Harvard graduate, "and it just took 17 years for me to finally figure out what I wanted to apply it to."
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