Lloyd Christmas: “So you’re telling me there’s a chance.”
I don’t think you have to be Dumb – or even Dumber – to believe the Yankees can rally from down two-games-to-none in this best-of-five Division Series against the Blue Jays.
But let’s just agree the odds are not exactly stacked in the Yankee favor.
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There have been 90 best-of-fives in MLB history in which a team has gone two-up. And only 10 times has the trailing team rebounded to advance. On the last 18 occasions that a club has built a 2-0 advantage, it has won the series 17 times, including 11 in a sweep.