It’s day five of the Seven Days of Underdog. I’m asking one trivia question each day to celebrate the release of
Underdog cartoons on DVD. The first person to answer the question correctly in the comments and include a valid E-Mail address wins volume one of the Ultimate Underdog Collection. Today’s question:
The 2004 Boston Red Sox was the first major league baseball team to come back from three games down to win a seven game playoff series. Name the first club (team and year) to come back from two games down to win a five game playoff series.
Update: Andrew wins on his second guess. It was the 1981 Dodgers during the 1981 NLDS. In that strike year, they split the season and the winner of the first half in each division played the winner of the second half. The Dodgers defeated the Astros. In 1982, the Brewers were the first team to accomplish the feat in the ALCS, and then in 1984 the Padres came back against the Cubs, the first time it happened in the NLCS.
Wasn’t that the 1982 Milwaukee Brewers?
Padres in 1984
Wait, no! It was the Dodgers in ’81 over the Astros.