Ricciardi felt that the Jays were strong enough to maybe grab a playoff spot in 2007 and 2008, but their offense sabotaged them.
It was a day for huddling in the family nest, with maybe a little playoff football for company.
Now, these same wild-eyed optimists are wondering if the Knicks could, just maybe, finally win a playoff game.
But politics and all, he's coming, a one-man marketing machine who will sell tickets, have eight billion countrymen glued to their sets on opening night and, who knows, maybe procure Steve Francis a playoff berth.
After a par-par finish for a 66 that he thought was one stroke too many to tie Trevino, he suddenly heard somebody shout, "Trevino's blown!" Trevino's fourth shot on the par-5 17th had crawled into the rough behind the green; a bogey loomed (for a playoff), maybe a double bogey (for a Nicklaus win).
Over all, Palmer would have won three United States Opens and maybe a fifth Masters in a playoff with Player, to accompany his two British Opens for 9 or maybe 10 majors.
The A's have a tough schedule ahead, with 17 of 20 games on the road starting Friday, but they can dream about hosting a playoff game, and maybe even selling those seats under the canvas.
The Giants are a playoff team, and maybe with a lucky bounce or two in the postseason -- like the kind the Tennessee Titans got last year -- they could get to the Super Bowl.
With Jose Reyes at shortstop, a healthy Josh Johnson on the mound, and the Kenny Powers-like Heath Bell working out of the bullpen, the team, which finished thirty games out last season, is expecting to compete for a playoff spot this year, and maybe even challenge the Phillies for the N.L.
That translates into a 12-4 season, maybe a divisional title and most likely a playoff spot.
They last won a playoff game a decade ago.
