The New York Yankees appear to have blown the American League East race wide open. Last night, the Yankees hammered the Toronto Blue Jays, 6-1. This extends their lead in the East over the second place Tampa Bay Rays to a daunting 9.5 games. While the 2011 Boston Red Sox and Atlanta Braves may beg to differ, it is extremely difficult to overtake a team with a lead of eight or more games (two full, four game series) in a playoff race after the All-Star break.
That said, the 2011 season taught us that
no lead is safe until the magic number is reached and a playoff berth is actually clinched. Today's very pragmatic Retweet is from De©epti©on™ (
@LyfeOfLeone) in response to a very (understandably) excited Yankees fan.
"Its July... U know it dont count til September! RT @MATT_est1987: Best record in baseball #Yankees !!!"
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| Past American League East leaders are all too familiar with how quickly a big lead can go up in smoke. |
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