According to Jayson Stark, only one team in 43 seasons has been 9 out after April and come back to win the division. '87 Tigers. …—
(@cst_Cowley) May 01, 2011
Is it too late? Mike takes a look.
Ozzie says to keep playing (like there is an option to stop!):
“There are only so many days I can tell the fans we’ll be OK. There are so many days I can tell myself we’ll be OK,” manager Ozzie Guillen said. “I don’t know if we will be OK. Every day you say ‘we’ll be OK, tomorrow we’ll get them.’ All of a sudden the next day is a little bit worse.
“Then you start thinking what can we do, what should we do. You know what we should do? Just keep playing because no matter what way you look at it, you won’t resolve the problem.”