My Calendar Notes Part 2
Among the contenders for the 4 remaining post-season spots, at least one, likely two, but very unlikely three, team(s) with a title in a year with the 2016 calendar, will qualify for post-season play.
Either the San Francisco Giants or St. Louis Cardinals, very unlikely both, will be in post-season play.
As the New York Giants, the Giants’ franchise won the World Series in 1921, a year with this calendar, beating the Yankees, in the latter’s first World Series appearance.
The Baltimore Orioles with a bigger qualification lead than the Giants going into the final weekend of play, twice before won titles in years with the same calendar as 2016. Those World Series wins were achieved in 1966 and 1983.
The Cardinals, trailing the Giants for post-season qualification by a game, with 3 remaining games, won the last title contested in a year with the 2016 calendar, a 7 game triumph vs a 2016 division winner, the Texas rangers.
The Seattle Mariners, trailing 2 teams by 2 games and another by a half game in a bid for one of two A.L. wild card berths, have never made a World Series.
Meanwhile none of the titles won by the three other contenders, the very likely to qualify New York Mets, and Toronto Blue Jays (2 each) nor the unlikely to qualify, Detroit Tigers (four) were won in a year with the 2016 calendar.
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Andy B Sports 