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Your 2007 American League East Champions.
29 Sep
(All images respectfully stolen from The Goat)
Okay, I realize that, in the wild card era, division titles are not as important as they used to be. (Recent events bear that out most bluntly.) However, after holding first place for 164 consecutive days, it would’ve been a major psychological blow to jittery, pessimistic, doom-obsessed Red Sox fans the team to lose the division on the final weekend.
This team certainly isn’t perfect; several starting pitchers have struggled as of late, the offense has had major problems overcoming deficits late in games, and they’ve lost an unsettling number of one-run games. However, none of the other American League playoff teams are exactly dominant. They’ve got as good a shot as anyone.
Bring it on.
