WASHINGTON — In dramatic fashion, the Seattle Mariners clinched the final wild card spot in the American League on a walk-off home run from Cal Raleigh. The win snapped Seattle’s 21-year long postseason drought, which was the longest in both Major League Baseball and men’s North American professional sports.
The Phillies are not the Sacramento Kings, who have not made the NBA playoffs since the 2005-06 season and have the longest postseason drought in major men’s North American sports. The Phillies, however, are now the owners of the longest active postseason drought in baseball at 11 years. The NFL’s New York Jets and NHL’s Buffalo Sabres also have an 11-year postseason drought.