How Long It's Been: The Toronto Blue Jays Made the Playoffs - Bleeding Yankee Blue (blog)
Just in case any fans of those pesky Toronto Blue Jays are getting cocky about having swept the Yankees this weekend, to close with within a game and a half of 1st place in the American League Eastern Division -- 3 games in the loss column. Let me remind you that these were the 3 biggest games your franchise has played in, literally, a generation. You last played a postseason game on October 23, 1993. Most of us remember it well. * The most games you've won in a season is 88, in 1998, which still put you 26 games behind the Yankees. * The closest you've come to a Playoff berth was in 2000, 2 games behind the Boston Red Sox to the AL Wild Card. * The closest you've finished to 1st place was also in 2000, 4 1/2 games behind the Yankees. * Your only finish as high as 2nd place was in 2006, with 87 wins, which still put you 10 games behind the Yankees, and 8 games behind the Detroit Tigers for the Wild Card. * Also, since topping out at 4,057,947 fans in your World Championship season of 1993, then an AL record, an average of 50,098 per game, you've dropped off dramatically. You only got 19,173 per game in 2010. Even now, you're averaging just 29,544 -- a gain of just 217 per game from last season. Source: unclemikesmusings.blogspot.com
