August 11, 2003
Thought Of The Day
After the trading deadline, the conventional wisdom around Major League Baseball seemed to be that the Oakland A's would catch the Seattle Mariners, and knock them from playoff contention -- leaving New York, Boston, whoever wins the AL Central, and Oakland in the postseason. But after the Mariners took two of three from the Yanks in New York (gotta love that Yankees bullpen), and Boston dropped a series to Baltimore in Boston, one has to wonder why everyone forgot to consider a Boston collapse into the equation.
Everyone seemed to forget that in the playoff race, the A's were pretty likely to pass Boston for the Wild Card before they could catch the Mariners for first in the AL West. And if you look at the AL Wild Card standings this morning, you'll see that Oakland is poised to do just that, only one game back of the Red Sox.
UPDATE: In Oakland, the A's have a 4-0 lead in the bottom of the sixth over the Red Sox.
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No fear. Everyone out in Boston took that into account.
Baltimore has a better record than the Yankees since the All-Star break, though, so we're not panicked just yet. This next series is going to be pretty critical to the Red Sox Nation psyche.
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