With 23 games remaining in the regular season, it appears it is safe to say the Red Sox will not be the AL East Champions in 2009—that title will almost certainly belong to the NY Yankees. Hopefully, it is the only title the Evil Empire will lay claim to in 2009.
So, the next goal for the Olde Towne Team is making the playoffs.
In spite of a deluge of injuries to its pitching staff, the Red Sox lead the Texas Rangers by two games with a little more than three weeks left in the ‘09 campaign. Let’s take a look at how the schedule for each of the two teams shapes up for the remainder of the season:
Boston Red Sox
23 games…13 home, 10 away
The Red Sox are 47-21 (.691) at home, 34-37 (.479) on the road. Applying those numbers, we should expect that ...
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Posted: 12th September 2009 by Jeffrey Brown in MLBComments Off on AL Wild Card Chase: And Down the Stretch They ComeÃÂ