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Sox Magic Number 2
It could come tonight for the Red Sox, the first Division title since 1995. If the New York Hellhounds lose a game and the Sox win a game then it's clinched. It would be nice to get those HellHounds off our trail and the monkey off our back. There are 4 games left in which to get it done.
Big Papi & Dusty Pedro
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Gorden Edes of the Globe explains what the future may hold.
The immediate future came into focus for the Sox with last night's 11-6 win over the Oakland Athletics. Their magic number to clinch the AL East and win their first division title since 1995 is down to 2 - any combination of Sox wins and Yankee losses totaling that number and the Sox will have captured the division.And with the Angels being routed by Texas, the last-place Rangers completing a three-game sweep, the Sox are now virtually certain of meeting the Angels in the first round of the playoffs. The Angels are on the verge of being eliminated from the race for best record in the league; if that distinction falls to either the Indians or Red Sox, the Angels will play the Sox in the first round, because the Indians will play the AL East wild-card entry.
Gordon Edes, Boston Globe
That AL east wild card entry he's talking about in the above scenario, that would be the New York Yankees.
Posted at September 27, 2007 12:11 PM