But they won't likely have the wild card sewn up when they get to New York. The magic number is seven, and the Sox and Rangers have eight games between them before the Sox go to the Bronx. So they'll have to play tough through the Yankees series. We'll see what happens if they're within a game by the end of next weekend.
-- Matt Sun, 9/20/09, Steve Gendron <[email protected]> wrote: From: Steve Gendron <[email protected]> Subject: RE: Chances at Division vs. Wildcard To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Date: Sunday, September 20, 2009, 4:27 PM The thing is, once we have the wildcard slot sown up, Francona will not be playing all out to win that last series against the Yanks. We match up pretty well against the Angels, and I think he is quite satisfied to ride into the playoffs on the wildcard with a rested team. And I can't argue with that philosophy! Steve From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Matt & Olga McSorley Sent: Sunday, September 20, 2009 12:38 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Chances at Division vs. Wildcard And the Sox are only five games back in the AILC (all-important loss column). I wouldn't rate their chances of overtaking New York that high, but it could happen. I'd love for the Sox to go into the Bronx three or four back in the loss column, just to see if they can make the weekend interesting. But even if they don't, the wild card berth is basically assured at this point. -- Matt --- On Sun, 9/20/09, Ray Salemi <[email protected]> wrote: From: Ray Salemi <[email protected]> Subject: Chances at Division vs. Wildcard To: [email protected] Date: Sunday, September 20, 2009, 11:58 AM I think we have a better chance of catching the Yankees than the Rangers have of catching us. We're only 6 games back vs. 7. We're a better team than the Rangers. And we have 3 head-to-head games against the Yankees. -- Author of "Leading After a Layoff: Reignite Your Team's Productivity in Just 12 Weeks" www.leadingafteralayoff.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Red Sox Citizens" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/redsoxcitizens?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
