The Boston Red Sox, with a 3-0 win over the Toronto Blue Jays, have just about sealed at least a tie for the wild card playoff position for the Major league Baseball Divisional Playoffs. Fittingly, if the New York Yankees lose tonight in the last ballgame at Yankees Stadium, the Red Sox will clinch reach the playoffs. The Los Angeles Angels and the surprising Tampa Bay “Devil” Rays have already clinched playoff spots. The Chicago White Sox and Minnesota Twins are battling it out for the last playoff spot in the American League. As it looks at this moment, the Red Sox will travel to Los Angeles to take on the Angels. There are a lot of Red Sox fans in the area, Ben Affleck and Matt Damon are the most famous, but playing the Angels will be tough. If the Devil Rays falter and lose their one and one-half game lead over the Red Sox the Sox would play either the Twins or the White Sox. The White Sox currently lead the Twins by two and a half games. The divisional playoffs are a best of five series which is kind of crazy. I’d like to see the series expanded to seven games for more excitement and more meaningful games, but I guess that is a lot of games to play in one season.
