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Hurry Up and Wait
2007-10-19 13:49
by Mike Carminati

We wait two days for a game and we get this? Josh Beckett put in a great performance while McCarver and Buck eulogized Joe Torre. And now have to wait another two days for a game—at least this one's a valid travel day.

Meanwhile, the Rockies await the AL victor. They'll be waiting for eight days. That's longer than it took to play 33 World Series. When the Orioles swept the Dodgers in the 1966 World Series, the final game was played just one week after the end of the season. You could replay that series in real time while the Rockies wait to play their next playoff game.

It's the longest that any team has ever had to wait between series and is the second longest gap for any postseason team. San Fran and Oakland's 12-day wait after game 2 of the earthquake-interrupted 1989 World Series is the only longer wait between playoff games:

YrTeamRoundDateG#Next GDiff
1989SFNWS1989101521989102712
1989OAKWS1989101521989102712
1995ATLNLCS199510144199510217
1911NY1WS191110173191110247
1996NYAALCS199610135199610207
1911PHAWS191110173191110247
2006DETALCS200610144200610217

This will be potentially the longest postseason in history. Only a sweep will avoid tying or setting a new "record" for postseason days:

YrLast PO GSeason FinaleDiff#Rounds
2007-7g2007110120071001313
2007-6g2007103120071001303
19971997102619970928283
20012001110420011007283
20022002102720020929283
2007-5g2007102920071001283
19891989102819891001272
19961996102619960929273
20032003102520030928273
2007-4g2007102820071001273

It won't be the latest a postseason will end, but ut could be the second latest:

YrLast PO GSeason FinaleDiffLast Mo/Day#Rounds
200120011104200110072811043
2007-7g20071101200710013111013
2007-6g20071031200710013010313
2007-5g20071029200710012810293
198919891028198910012710282
2007-4g20071028200710012710283
199519951028199510022610283
198119811028198110052310283

The number of days it is taking to plat a game is the highest for any postseason without some sort of problem due to weather or some other kind of act of god:

YrLast PO GSeason FinaleDiff#RoundsDays per G
19891989102819891001272 3.00
19751975102219750928242 2.40
19111911102619111012141 2.33
1928192810091928093091 2.25
19761976102119761003182 2.00
2007-4g2007102820071001273 1.93
2007-6g2007103120071001303 1.88
2007-5g2007102920071001283 1.87
19621962101619621003131 1.86
19311931101019310927131 1.86
19171917101519171004111 1.83
2007-7g2007110120071001313 1.82

And there will potentially be the most off days this postseason outside of the 1989 earthquake Series and the constantly rained out 1975 playoffs:

YrLast PO GSeason FinaleDiff#Rounds Days per G Off Days
19891989102819891001272 3.00 16
19751975102219750928242 2.40 14
2007-6g2007103120071001303 1.88 10
2007-7g2007110120071001313 1.82 10
19761976102119761003182 2.00 9
2007-4g2007102820071001273 1.93 9
2007-5g2007102920071001283 1.87 9
19951995102819951002263 1.53 9

And still they can't expand the first round to seven games. Go figure.

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