Mariners’ Brutal Playoff Collapse All Too Familiar For Red Sox Fans

For Boston Red Sox fans, the Seattle Mariners’ stunning collapse against the Toronto Blue Jays in the ALCS was all too familiar.

For starters, the Mariners became just the fourth team in MLB history to lose a seven-game playoff series after winning the first two games on the road. One of those teams was the 1986 Red Sox, who were famously one strike away from winning the World Series before choking against the New York Mets.

The Mariners losing the final two games of the series on the road when they only needed to win one recalls the 1949 Red Sox, who dropped the final two games of the regular season at Yankee Stadium to cough up the pennant. It happened again to the Red Sox during this year’s AL Wild Card Series, as they became the first team to blow a 1-0 series lead in that roun