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Monday, April 18, 2011
Visual Baseball: What does an 0-6 start mean for Boston?
Posted by Kevin Dame
Here's a visual of all teams that started 0-6 since 1900, measuring a rolling average of games over .500. Only two teams—the '74 Pirates and the '95 Reds—made the playoffs. The Sox will have some history to make if they're to fulfill their preseason hype. Then again, they've gotten pretty good at defying the odds (i.e., 2004 and 2007 ALCS)!
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I’m sure it is tough to determine, but how many of those teams that started 0-6 would have made the playoffs if they had started 3-3 or even 6-0? A 12 game swing is significant, so I’m guessing a handful but I’m still betting the majority would not have made the playoffs because the real question is whether the 0-6 is difficult to overcome or whether it tells you something about the team. Although a lot rides on Lackey, Dice-K and/ Wakefield in terms of making the playoffs, I don’t think the 0-6 start tells us much new about the Red Sox.