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On tonight's Yanks-Red Sox ESPN game, they said that the Yankees comeback from a 14–game deficit in 1978 was the greatest comeback in MLB since they split into divisions in 1969. I just enjoyed a season like that (a strong exception to [url=http://forums.sportingnews.com/viewtopic.php?t=168045&start=0&postdays=0&postorder=asc&highlight=]
Fox's First Immutable Law[/url]). It was a 2007 Strat league - with a bunch of vet friends including F.O.X.

I went with US Cell and built a team of Zambrano plus a bunch of homerun hitters. It was against convention to spend so much on a SP, but I was hoping to use Z in Game 1 and 5 in the playoffs. Well, when the season was about half over, the last thing I had to worry about was Game 5 of the playoffs.

So after 75 games I downgraded Zambrano to Pettitte, upgraded Uribe to Furcal, and made a few minor tweaks. [url=http://fantasygames.sportingnews.com/baseball/stratomatic/2007/team/team_other.html?user_id=865]My team[/url] went on a tear, and won the division by 6 games!

First 75 games: 34-41 15-GAMES-BEHIND
Last 87 games: 57-30
Total season: 91-71 Won division by 6 games

I ended up losing the semis in 5 games. (Could’ve used Z for Game 5.)

Has anyone else had a comeback like this in Strat?

I have a current team that was 37-44, built on offense and defense. Hudson was a dud at #4 even with great defense and offense. Someone cut Wang, I cut C Crawford(back on 5/4), giving me a Wang, Bush, Peavy & Becket rotation. Denofrio and Winn are hitting about .330, Wang is 8-4 and the rest of my squad came alive. Currently on a 38-10 tear to be 75-54, 3 games up(knock on wood). I also had more of a '69 Mets(or whenever the Phils collapsed) comeback in ATG II, winning the division and title when I was seven games out with nine to go with no shot at thw WC.

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