Let’s see if I can come up with a post every day of the rest of the offseason. Today, there are 24 days left until Opening Day on April 6.
24
is the number of games the 2011 Royals were out of first place at the end of the season.
The AL Central was the least close divisional race, with 15 games separating 1st and 2nd place. Even the 102-win Phillies didn’t win their division by that many games. A combination of weak competition and outperformance of their Pythag led the Tigers to their 95 wins. (Weirdly, the Royals were the only AL Central team who underperformed, based on Pythag.)
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