I'll probably regret this, but I'm feeling good tonight. Since it's still way to early, no one has put this out there yet, but the Red Sox's magic number is now 32. For non-baseball fanatics, this means that the Sox need to win X games and the Yankees have to lose Y games, and if X + Y is 32 or greater, the Red Sox will (finally) have unseated New York from the top of the American League East division. After today, there are 36 more games. The Yankees have made a pretty incredible run since the All Star break. Still, the Sox are sitting on a 5½ game lead (and I'm listening to the Yankees losing right now). A lot of people were either panicking or rediscovering their annoying arrogance this week (depending on loyalties) when Boston's lead dipped to 4 games (down from a 14½ game lead earlier this year). I'd go so far as to predict it could get down to 3 games in the next few weeks. But here's the thing: this race is over. O-V-A, over. It's been over since the end May. It might get tight, but it's always been in the bag. And when we look back at the 2007 season, it will seem like one big great run of leading the division and an easy ticket to the playoffs. So if you're in the glass half empty camp, top off your pint with some good beer and enjoy the last month of the season, and worry about whether our bats will be hot heading into October.

Here’s how it’s going to go

  • August 21st, 2007
  • Posted in Red Sox

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