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September 07, 2003

Think Wild Card

Last baseball post for a while, I promise. But I had to note the Yankees' successful defense of their home turf, as they nipped the Red Sox 3-1 behind a great effort by David Wells. With the Sox 2 1/2 games out with 20 to play, they need to focus on the wild card the rest of the way. Seattle is only 1 1/2 games back, so the Sox will have to play well down the stretch simply to hold them off. Despite my earlier prediction, I do think the Sox have to be considered the favorite for the wild card, as they only have three games left against a good team (Chicago), and 11 of 20 at home. But it will take a small miracle to overtake the Yankees from here on out, as they don't have a particularly tough schedule, either. As an aside, given that we all know the Sox and Yankees will be duking it out at the end of the season, why is it they don't close out the season with each other, instead of Baltimore and Tampa?