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Sunday, May 20, 2007

2005--YANKS TRAILED BOSTON TIL SEPT. 21--Tyler Kepner won't tell you this

On Sept. 4, 2005, the W-L was:
  • BOSTON 80W-55L
  • Yankees 77W-59L
On Sept. 14, the W-L was:
  • BOSTON 85W-60L
  • Yankees 82W-62L
Sept. 15:
  • BOSTON 85-61
  • Yankees 83-62
Sept. 16:
  • BOSTON 86-61
  • Yankees 84-62
Sept. 19:
  • BOSTON 87-63
  • Yankees 86-63
Sept. 20:
  • BOSTON 88-63
  • Yankees 87-63
Sept. 21:
  • Boston 88-64
  • YANKEES 88-63******
Sept. 25: TIED
  • BOSTON 91-64
  • YANKEES 91-64
(Regular season ended Oct. 2, both teams with 95 wins, but Yankees won 1 more game in their series so won the pennant).
  • YOU SEE THE BRUTAL PENNANT RACE ABOVE IN 2005, BUT THEY DON'T TELL YOU THE BRUTAL DIFFERENCE:
WHO SAVED OR WON SIX 1-RUN GAMES IN A 2 WEEK SPAN IN THIS 1 MONTH? (NO CHEAP SAVES EITHER--ALL APPEARANCES 1IP OR MORE).
  • WHO PITCHED 3 DAYS IN A ROW TWICE IN A 2 WEEK PERIOD THIS MONTH (14, 15, 16 and 19, 20, 21--the 21st being the first time the Yankees went ahead of Boston by half a game)?
WHO PITCHED 75 INNINGS IN THE REGULAR SEASON WITH A 1.32 ERA AND WAS EXPECTED TO SAVE PLENTY MORE FOR THE POST SEASON? HE PITCHED TIL OCT. 20TH IN 2004 AND OCT. 25TH IN 2003.
  • IF YOU DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER, YOU QUALIFY AS A BBWAA VOTER, AN MLB, ESPN/XM EMPLOYEE, OR MOST CELEBRATED YANKEE BLOGGERS.

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