Yankees Division Title Hopes Still Alive
9:51 AM EDT Saturday, September 15 2007
Last night's improbable win, was amazing, but it means nothing unless the Yankees can sweep Boston. If they do, they will will be 2.5 games back, which is deficit that can be made up. After this series, the Yankees have 13 games left, Boston 12. And again, assuming a sweep, the Yankees would be 12-7 against Boston this year (after a 1-5 start), which gives them the tie-breaker for the division. If Yankees finish 10-3, which is totally feasible with 3 against Baltimore, 4 against Toronto, 3 at Tampa and 3 at Baltimore, and Boston finishes 7-5, which is probably less feasible with 3 at Toronto, 3 at Tampa, 2 against Oakland and 4 against Minnesota, they would finish in a tie at 96-66. With the tiebreaker, that gives the Yankees the division and possibly the #1 seed, if the Angels and the Indians each lose 5 or more in the remainder of the season. If all this happens, and the Yankees go on to win the world series, we'll look back on this game as one of the turning points. If not, at least it shows we can come back against Okajima and Papelbon.
