With the Red Sox losing two nights in a row and the Yankees winning, it's now gone from a high of a 14 game lead to 2.5 games. Awesome! If you look at the remaining 10 games, Tampa Bay may decide the winner of the division. Red Sox and Yankees both play them 3 times. The team that fairs the best against them could be the winner. Anyway, no matter what happens, it's fun to watch the Red Sox nation sweat. :) They've been talking about the Yankees all year even though the Yanks were far behind. If the Yankees were that far ahead, I wouldn't be worried about the Red Sox at all. As a matter of fact, I don't care if we get in by wild card or not. The regular season has been a formality the past 11 years. It only counts how you play in the playoffs.
The real question is, "Do we have the pitching to win short playoff series against the best teams?".