Tonight’s Game “Must Win*” For The Yankees?
* Well, only if the Boston Red Sox win today, as well.
At this moment, here’s the overall standings in the American League:
| Rk | Tm | W | L | W-L% | GB | Strk | pythWL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NYY | 88 | 57 | .607 | — | W 1 | 89-56 |
| 2 | TBR | 87 | 57 | .604 | — | L 1 | 86-58 |
| 3 | MIN | 86 | 58 | .597 | 1.0 | W 3 | 85-59 |
| 4 | TEX | 81 | 63 | .563 | 6.0 | W 6 | 81-63 |
| 5 | BOS | 81 | 64 | .559 | 6.5 | W 3 | 78-67 |
| 6 | CHW | 79 | 65 | .549 | 8.0 | L 1 | 78-66 |
| 7 | TOR | 73 | 72 | .503 | 14.5 | L 2 | 73-73 |
| 8 | OAK | 72 | 72 | .500 | 15.0 | L 1 | 74-70 |
| 9 | DET | 72 | 73 | .497 | 15.5 | L 1 | 71-74 |
| 10 | LAA | 70 | 74 | .486 | 17.0 | L 1 | 69-75 |
| 11 | CLE | 59 | 85 | .410 | 28.0 | W 1 | 60-84 |
| 12 | KCR | 59 | 85 | .410 | 28.0 | W 1 | 55-89 |
| 13 | BAL | 57 | 88 | .393 | 30.5 | W 2 | 55-90 |
| 14 | SEA | 55 | 90 | .379 | 32.5 | L 6 | 53-92 |
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And, if the Yankees lose today, and the Red Sox win, then that means New York is your new Wildcard leader in the A.L. and Boston will be six games behind them in the loss column.
“Six games with only 16 left to play? I’ll take my chances with that.” you may be thinking here. And, agreed, that seems like a safe cushion. After all, when the Mets blew a seven game lead with 17 to play in 2007, it was a huge deal.
But, within those 16 games, the Yankees do have to play the Red Sox six times. And, they also have four games against the Rays – who don’t want to do the Yankees any favors. So, while six and sixteen seems like a lot, there’s something inside there that should concern the members of Yankeeland.
Of course, the answer here is simple – a Yankees win tonight, without, or without, a Red Sox loss, makes it seven and sixteen (at the least). And, it’s best, for the Yankees, to have a cushion over the Sox that’s greater than the number of times they have left to play them.
This is the 2nd time in 2 days you’ve compared this team to the 2007 Mets.
That makes me want to vomit.
In your heart of hearts I truly don’t believe you can think this way.
Also, bug in b-r’s sharing system bothers me. Links should not point to relative paths, I.E. the link to the NYY should go to their B-R page not to a waswatching page that doesn’t exist.
I’ve told them about this before. *smacks head*
@ Corey Italiano:
Links in the post are now fixed.
Corey Italiano wrote:
As a programmer, I’m sure it drives you nuts
Raf wrote:
lol absolutely. It’s literally one line that has to be modified, wouldn’t even take 30 seconds to fix.
Corey Italiano wrote:
The chicken little in me says that a Yankees loss tonight, coupled with a Red Sox win in Seattle, could – stress, could, – mean that 2010 Yankees are about to give the 2007 Mets some company. Again, stress the could part. That’s all.
Should have added: Hopefully, they win tonight and the Red Sox lose – and, THEN, we can say the dress is in the bag!