I heard this morning that NO team that has started a season 0-7 has ever made it into the playoffs.  For a season of 162 games, this seems like an incredible statistic.  I wish I had the time/resources to see who those teams were.  Were they a team of jokers?  Or did their lineup and pitching rotation seem worthy of competition?

Interesting, too, is odds makers have already cut the Tigers chances of winning the AL Central from around 50% to 26%. 

Dang. 

Other notables around the league…seems like everything is upside down.

The 4 highest payroll teams in the MLB: the NY Yankees, Detroit Tigers, NY Mets, and Boston Red Sox are not playing to their salary roll potential.  Yankees/Red Sox both 4-4.  Tigers…0-7.  Mets are 2-4. 

Teams much lower on the list (and typically not expected to contend over the past few years) are doing quite well.  Orioles – first place.  Royals – first place.  Marlins (total team payroll is less than A-Rod’s salary) - first place.  Cardinals – 2nd place (6-2 record).  Diamondbacks – 1st place.

Maybe 2008 will be a year when General Managers start to realize that overpaying players and trying to fill a team with former All Stars doesn’t equate to instant success.  Nah – who am I kidding.