September: The Five Worst Collapses of the 2000s

We're already in the final month of the 2026 Major League Baseball season, and this famous month of September can bring both spectacular comebacks and epic collapses.
In fact, let's take a brief look back at the worst collapses in MLB over the past 25 years.
Starting with the San Diego Padres, who led the National League West division for virtually the entire 2010 season before crashing and burning. At the end of August, San Diego held a six-and-a-half-game lead over the San Francisco Giants bef