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September 17, 2011

What If?

What if the Red Sox:
Split this weekend with Rays: 1-1
Split four games with Orioles: 2-2
Lose Yankees series: 1-2
Lose Orioles series: 1-2
While the Rays:
Split this weekend with Red Sox: 1-1
Win Yankees series: 3-1
Win Blue Jays series: 2-1
Win Yankees series: 2-1
The Red Sox -- 5-7 over the season's final 12 games -- would finish at 92-70.

The Rays -- 8-4 over the season's final 12 games -- would finish at 91-71.

And the Red Sox would still win the wild card.
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5 comments:

  1. Gregory LynnSeptember 17, 2011 at 9:57 AM

    If the Sox just win three then the Rays have to win 7 and winning seven of their remaining games is no cakewalk.

    And should the Sox win today the Rays would have to play five games better over an eleven game span.

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  2. SoSockSeptember 17, 2011 at 12:25 PM

    What if we just go on a 10-2 tear, sweep the MFY and claim the East title? Sounds a lot less stressful :-)

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  3. PatrickSeptember 17, 2011 at 1:47 PM

    I just finished "The Given Day" by Dennis Lehane. It was super awesome, to be articulate.

    Props to you, Allan, for helping inspire Lehane on his amazing book!

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  4. allanSeptember 17, 2011 at 4:31 PM

    I just finished "The Given Day" by Dennis Lehane.

    I was sent a copy of that when it was published, but I have not read more than the opening (which is fucking great). ... I found out about the novel when a fact-checker from his publisher called me to verify some stuff about the train ride from Chicago to Boston. I was surprised publishers did that, especially for novels. I'm most thrilled to be listed right before Howard Zinn in his acknowledgements!

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  5. PatrickSeptember 18, 2011 at 6:23 AM

    The whole book is amazing, but the opening is really the best single chapter in the book.

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