Still plenty of time for the Angels to make a race of it…

other than that I can’t remember a season like this in the WC era. The WC was created to bring more excitement to the end of the season and it more or less has done that. This one season is the quintessential “exception that proves the rule.” Nevertheless, MLB bigwigs will use it as evidence that we need a SECOND wild card team. Blech.

One thing that non-Yankee/Red Sox fans should remember in their nostalgia for the two-division era is that NYY/TWN would be the only tight race right now besides Arizona/Atlanta in the NL West, meaning there would be even more obsession over the Yankees and Red Sox in the sports media than usual. Which they profess to hate!

I wouldn’t have guessed we were a 2-1 favorite to win the East considering Townies have the tie breaker and there are 3 games remaining between the two teams.

Forget about the Division. Townies not only have the tiebreaker, they’ve got our number. Well, that and 7 games against the B-mo City Bucks, which is 7 guaranteed wins.

Interesting thing: CC’s ERA has risen (3.47 vs. 2.72) in the second half (4.68 in August), but his K rate has jumped from 7.5/9 to 10.0/9 and his BB rate has dropped slightly from 2.16/9 to 1.98/9. He’s given up more homers (thanks, Tampa Bay game) and also had a fairly absurd .402 BABIP in August (not that he wasn’t given up plenty of line drives). Anyway, CC’s risen his overall 2011 K rate to 8.7/9, which is well higher than the previous two years and the second highest of his career after 2008. His K/BB is now 4.14, the highest besides ‘08 and his Cy Young season in 2007.

C.C.‘s August was kind of icky with its two losses and AJ-esque ERA, and even through the Oakland and Minnesota games we didn’t like how he looked, but he still had over a strikeout per inning and a 9-1 K/BB in the month. It’s a nice reminder that he’s an absolutely awesome pitcher, and a great ace, and worth whatever the Yankees wind up paying him before/after he opts out.

P.S. Was at the game in section 203 yesterday. First time at the DNYS. Although the Disgrace with regards to the right field wall is even more obvious in person (try looking at the wall from near the foul pole in right towards center; “same dimensions” indeed), I did really like the stadium, and it was a super fun game. And Swisher is even more awesome than I knew.

Not sure whether it’d be better to face TEX or DET in the first round, but winning the division over BTE would sure be nice.

Well, that and 7 games against the B-mo City Bucks, which is 7 guaranteed wins.

I count six.

The biggest problem the Yankees have is having zero off days and having to make a West Coast trip.  They’ve got two more home games than Boston (10 home/13 road vs. 8 home/13 road).  Having reinforcements on the roster should help deal with the fatigue of no off days but it also means a weaker team taking the field more often.

[7] There’s a double-header on the 19th - presumably a rainout make-up ?

[7] There’s a double-header on the 19th - presumably a rainout make-up ?

Ah, ok.  It’s a makeup for a game that was postponed on May 17.  I still had that game as being unplayed on its original date in my simulator.

I was just wishing you’d do another one of these, and here it is! Thanks SG!