And not the good kind, either. Here we are almost to September and the Yankees are in 3rd place in the AL East, 10 games behind the Rays, and 6 behind the Red Sox after pulling one out in the 9th against their rivals today. So assuming the wild card comes from the AL East, even if the Yankees go 21-8 the rest of the way, the Red Sox would only have to play .500 to stay ahead. They are also 5.5 games behind the Twins in the wild-card hunt. So if the Twins/White Sox played .500 ball the rest of the way, the Yankees would basically have to go 20-9 to get ahead of that AL Central team. Neither of these scenarios will be at all easy, as the Stankees have 2 series left against each of the Rays and Red Sox, along with a series against the Angels and White Sox. And all this has to happen with a rotation that includes Sidney Ponson, Darrell Rasner, and Carl Pavano.Yeah, I agree - it ain't gonna happen.
And it will mark the first time since 1993 (not counting the '94 strike year) that the Yankees weren't in the playoffs. Wow. Can't wait.
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