I said earlier that this was a great day because I get to wake up tomorrow morning knowing that (a) Tom DeLay is in a world of shit right now, and (b) the greatest rivalry in all of sports is about to occur the following day with the winner taking the AL East.
Ladies and Gentlemen, here are the current standings in the AL East with the baseball season 97% over:
Teams / W / L / Playoff Odds*
Red Sox 92 / 65 / 66.16490
Yankees 92 / 65 / 55.95053
* As calculated by Baseball Prospectus
The AL East race is headed down to the wire and should get a lot more exciting this weekend when the New York Yankees (cue hissing noises) travel to Beantown to play my beloved Boston Red Sox. As noted above, the Sox are a slight favorite to win the East, mostly due to the fact that the Yankees are faced with playing all of their remaining 7 games on the road. The 3 game series should be epic. Game 1 looks to be a match up between the rookie Chien-Ming Wang and the veteran David Wells, winner gets to be first in the buffet line. Game 2 will be a matchup between the ugliest pitcher in baseball - Randy Johnson - and Tim Wakefield, who's been the Red Sox best starter all season. Game 3 looks like another classic game between two pitchers who are both named "TBD." In any event, it should be a fantastic series. Final prediction: Sox win 96 games, Yankees win 95 games, and George Steinbrenner's head implodes.
Of course, if the Sox stumble in their 2 games before their Friday matchup and end up losing to the infidel Yankees, you can be sure that I will be drowning my sorrows. Given that I'm attending a wedding this weekend it remains highly likely that I'll be drinking regardless of the outcome of the series. Go Sox!
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