color1605 = [0, 40, 93]/255;
color1606 = [158, 206, 238]/255;
color1607 = [251, 79, 20]/255;
color1608 = [0, 61, 165]/255;
color1609 = [198, 12, 48]/255;
commonstyle = struct( 'Marker', 'none', 'MarkerSize', 4, 'MarkerEdgeColor', 'w' );
line( time1605, data1605, 'Color', color1605, 'MarkerFaceColor', color1605, commonstyle );
line( time1606, data1606, 'Color', color1606, 'MarkerFaceColor', color1606, commonstyle );
line( time1607, data1607, 'Color', color1607, 'MarkerFaceColor', color1607, commonstyle );
line( time1608, data1608, 'Color', color1608, 'MarkerFaceColor', color1608, commonstyle );
line( time1609, data1609, 'Color', color1609, 'MarkerFaceColor', color1609, commonstyle );

set(gca, 'YDir', 'reverse');
ylabel( 'Games Back' );
ylm = get(gca, 'YLim');
set(gca, 'YLim', [-0.5 ylm(2)+0.5]);
set(gca, 'YTick', 0:0.5:ylm(2));
if ylm(2) > 10
  labels = cellstr(get(gca, 'YTickLabel'));
  labels(2:2:end) = {''};
  set(gca, 'YTickLabel', labels);
end
times = [time1605(:); time1606(:); time1607(:); time1608(:); time1609(:)];
set(gca, 'XLim', [min(times) max(times)]);
set(gca, 'Position', get(gca, 'Position').*[1 1 0.80 1]);

names = {'Baltimore Orioles', 'Boston Red Sox', 'New York Yankees', 'Tampa Bay Rays', 'Toronto Blue Jays' };
[C, IA, IC] = unique([data1607(end), data1609(end), data1605(end), data1606(end), data1608(end)]);
for idx = 1 : numel( C )
    text( max(times) + 0.02*(max(times)-min(times)), C(idx), names(IC == idx) );
end

datetick('x','keeplimits')