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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