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September 18, 2007
Reverse This?
Did you know, that, after 150 games, the 1978 Boston Red Sox were three games back, in the loss column, of the first place New York Yankees? And, on the very last day of the season, the Red Sox tied the Yankees.
It's interesting that, today, after 150 games, the 2007 New York Yankees are three games back, in the loss column, of the first place Boston Red Sox.
Back in 1978, the Red Sox went 10-2 in their last 12 games to catch the Yankees (who went 8-5 in their last 13 games).
Ten and two. That's some run. Can the 2007 Yankees do the same?
Posted by Steve Lombardi at September 18, 2007 12:52 PM
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It's not entirely out of the question - given the fact that the O's have literally fallen to pieces and we play 5 more games with them, 4 with the Jays, and 3 with TB. The question is, do you play your arses off to try to capture the division and go into the playoffs potentially beat up or rest your starters and position players when you know you have the WC?
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at September 18, 2007 01:26 PM
The Yanks are in the middle of a 10-2 run right now that included 9 road games and games against Seattle and Boston. There's no reason why they can't put together another 10-2 run against Baltimore, Tampa Bay, and Toronto. Given Boston's tougher schedule and growing list of injuries, I don't think it's a stretch for Boston to go 6-5 in their last 11 games.
Posted by: christopher at September 18, 2007 01:40 PM
I think the Yankees will play all out to try to win the division. Home field advantage - and the ability to choose the optimal ALDS schedule - do mean something in the playoffs. And what a great story, from a marketing perspective - it would be a HISTORIC division win, from a team that was more than 14 games back and counted out completely by nearly everyone. So I just can't see the Yanks locking up the wildcard and then sleeping through their last series or two.
Posted by: carla at September 18, 2007 04:17 PM