GREAT game last night at Fenway. There was suspense, big moments, and classic story lines. The Sox won in 10 innings on a walk off by budding fan-favorite Josh Reddick.
But to put it simply, this weekend series between the bad guys from New York and the good guys from Boston was for bragging rights. Just bragging rights. Neither team was going to take a commanding lead in the division. 3 games was the most a team could pull ahead. So as high stakes as this series seemed going into it, nothing much has changed coming out of it. Your Boston Red Sox have a one game lead, that's it. We're happy about it, don't get me wrong, but this lead can evaporate as quickly as A-Rod's dignity. However, this series was also a chance for these two teams to test each other out...get a sense of how future meetings this year will go.
The Sox did learn quite a few things. For one, beating the Yankees is not easy and, realistically, will never be easy. They're the Yankees. They're very good. As much as every Sox fan enjoys the "Yankees SUCK" chant, he also understands that the Yankees will always have talented players and tough teams. But the Sox also learned something very valuable: that the Yankees aren't scary this year. Good, but certainly not scary. C.C.? Beatable. Jeter? Aging. Swisher? Overrated.
So now these teams know how it's going to be. It will be a fight to the finish. A fight that will carry right into the playoffs and very likely end up with a Red Sox-Yankees ALCS showdown. Here...We...Go...
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