Red Sox can only win 3 in a row...

Congrats to the Red Sox for winning the World Series for the second time in four years. One AMAZING stat I want to share is how streaky they Sox are in the playoffs.
You may recall that they Sox trailed the Indians 3 games to 1 in the ALCS this season before they reeled off three in a row to advance to the World Series.

Here is the wild part. Winning three games in a row is the only way the Red Sox ever win playoff series. That is not an exaggeration. The last time the Red Sox won a playoff series that did not end with three wins in a row was… drum roll please… 1918.

Here are the last ten playoff series the Sox have won:

• 2007 W. S. vs Colorado: 4-game sweep
  
• 2007 ALCS vs Cleveland: 3-game sweep
  
• 2007 ALDS vs Anaheim: 3-game sweep
• 2004 W. S. vs St. Louis: 4-game sweep
• 2004 ALCS vs New York: ended with 4-game streak
• 2004 ALDS vs Anaheim: 3-game sweep
• 2003 ALDS vs Oakland: ended with 3-game streak
• 1999 ALDS vs Cleveland: ended with 3-game streak
• 1986 ALCS vs California: ended with 3-game streak
• 1975 ALCS vs Oakland: 3-game sweep

And before 1975, the Sox had not won a post-season series since 1918, when they closed it out with a one-game win streak.

I promise not to bore you with too much Red Sox stuff in the next few days!