First place baby! Sawx have been struggling since the All-Star break. I'm glad the Yankees have gotten it together in the 2nd half of the season.
And I agree with Alio. Up until now we've relied on other teams to take care of business for us. Sox included. Since we've relied on them to struggling. All the while they've beaten the crap out of us whenever we faced each other. Until we can take a few games from them, they have yielded the Division to us.
Last I heard they won't let any team negotiate an extension. The 28th cutoff is only because of the likely number of players involved and all the physicals that would have to take place.
Ugh. I hate this kind of reasoning. All the games count, dude. The head to head games count "more" because you have a chance to control your destiny against your main competition... but that's it. If the Sox have beaten the Yanks in 8 straight games, and the Yanks are in first place, then that emphasizes just how much better the Yanks have played than the Sox. The Yanks are 21 games over .500 since A-Rod came back... best record in baseball.
I think you're making the wrong argument. My post wasn't a "the Sox are still better than the Yanks until the Yankees beat them." I was simply saying why it's correct that ESPN stated that the Sox "ceded" the division lead. The Yankees are playing great baseball, and the only team better right now (based on record) is the Dodgers. In this case, the only reason that head-to-head even comes into the conversation is because since they beat us all 8 times, had they kept pace in terms of winning non head-to-head games with the Yankees, they'd have a fairly comfortable lead in the division. Since the Sox are losing, they allowed the Yankees to overtake them. That makes the headline true, fair, and valid. Stop looking for an argument where none exists.
I agree with Alio. It was Boston's division, they owned first place, therefore they have to be mentioned as the ones losing it. Either way we split hairs here, Yanks still in #1 spot. And don't get it twisted, the homer content is still prevalant. If the Cubs catch St. Louis in the central and they don't front page headline it...HOMER, it's just not objective reporting because someone is deciding that isn't note worthy
4-0 now and three runs came after there were 2 outs and 1st and 2nd. Cla Meredith might be coming in soon.
Me? Dude, I'm not looking for an argument. I'm the one telling you that your approach is just semantics. THAT causes arguments. Boston lost first from the Yanks. Yanks took first from Boston. IT'S THE SAME DAMN THING. Neither one is "more true" than the other, regardless of who beat whom. Boston has currently lost more games than the Yankees have lost. That's the bottom line.
No, it's not "the same damn thing." That's why it turns into an argument. The Yankees are beating the teams they should beat, albeit at a higher clip at the moment. The Red Sox are not beating the teams they should be beating. There's the big difference. Therefore, the Red Sox yielded the division lead, because they should still have it. They're not doing what they're supposed to be doing.
