five-game series – Bronx Banter https://www.bronxbanterblog.com Bronx Banter Blog, Served Fresh Daily Sat, 04 Oct 2008 16:33:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.7 Elimination Day https://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2008/10/04/elimination-day/ Sat, 04 Oct 2008 16:33:00 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2008/10/04/elimination-day/ The Brewers and Cubs try to stay alive tonight. As I write in my SI.com preview, I’m not optimistic about their chances. Here’s how the last 54 best-of-five series to start 2-0 have ended:

Result # %
3-0 35 65%
3-1 9 17%
Team down 0-2 wins 7 13%
Team up 2-0 wins 3-2 3 5%
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