Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
September 15, 2005
Close in the East.

The Red Sox lose to the Oakland Athletics, bringing the Yankees to 1 1/2 games of first place in the East.

I have to say I'm more suprised by the rise of the Yankees and than the fall of the White Sox. Early in the season, the play of New York had me believing they were at best a .550 team, a team that would win no more than 89 games.

Sinc and including the game of 8/17, the Yankees are 18-9, 2nd only to Cleveland. The Red Sox are 16-13, so it's been a very slow climb for New York. With all the AL divisions close and with the Wild Card very close, this is truly a year where anything can happen. Stay tuned.


Posted by David Pinto at 10:55 PM | Division Races | TrackBack (0)
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Unless the Yankees hit a wall again they should be in first place in AL East since they play only teams with losing records the rest of the way except for the last 3 games of season against Red Sox. Aaron Small has been sensational for a pitcher that hadn't won a major league game since 1998 and is now 8-0 pitching for a team that needed a winning starter because of so many injuries to starters.

Posted by: Andrew Godfrey at September 16, 2005 12:03 AM

The Yanks are clearly playing their best ball of the year. Finally playing like a team that expects to win, going out and just getting it done. Getting good pitching and winning with the bats if they have to.

Haven't seen much of the Sox, but they seem to be a one-man team. Don't know how long that good fortune (for us) will last.

Wonder if Cleveland will ever lose again, though.

Sucks that none of these teams play each other down the stretch, except for the Yanks-final three games at Fenway, which could be Apocalype Part III.

Posted by: Paul Katcher at September 16, 2005 01:29 AM

From the get-go the Yankees scored a ton of runs, which means predictions of their demise were more wishful thinking than sober analysis. (I admit I share in that wishful thinking.)

If the starting pitching started to stink a little less, the Yanks were always capable of making a run with that big offense of theirs. That's exactly what has happened, as the Yankees staff ERA has improved to seventh in the league after the All-Star break. That's not great, but this team only needs mediocre pitching to win.

Posted by: Casey Abell at September 16, 2005 09:09 AM

I'm eagerly awaiting the implosion of the 2nd-hand rotation of Chacon, Wang, Wright & Small :)

Posted by: Jason at September 16, 2005 09:34 AM
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