"the teams that are successful in the playoffs are those which finish hot." You'd think that was true, but it really isn't. In 2000 and 2006, for example, Yanks and Cardinals respectively were awful in September and yet won the WS. Lots of other examples too of teams that just caught fire when the October bell sounded.
Mets suffer embarrassing sweep by the Cubs as they've lost their North Star...
"the teams that are successful in the playoffs are those which finish hot." You'd think that was true, but it really isn't. In 2000 and 2006, for example, Yanks and Cardinals respectively were awful in September and yet won the WS. Lots of other examples too of teams that just caught fire when the October bell sounded.