Only three times since 1901 has an MLB team come from three games behind with four to play. That's a smaller number than the total of unassisted triple plays in the same span. It's a smaller number than the total of perfect games in that span. It's even a smaller number than Hall of Famers who went by animal names in everyday conversation (Goose Goslin, Catfish Hunter, Mule Suttles and Rabbit Maranville, for starters). But the Minnesota Twins became the first to make the postseason by beating the Tigers Tuesday night.
Now the question is would an encore be an even greater upset?
The Yankees took all seven games from the Twins during the regular season. They're rested and ready (and a little perturbed, in the case of Jorge Posada). The Twins didn't even get to New York until just before the morning radio shows started and have hardly any arms left to pitch.
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