The Yankees and Red Sox will renew their acquaintance for one more 3 game series in 2010, in the regular season’s penultimate set of games. As usual, playoff implications should once again be on the line when the two teams take the field at Yankee Stadium on September 24, 25 and 26. The Yankees currently lead the AL East, facing intense competition from both the Red Sox and Tampa Bay Rays. The Rays currently trail the Yanks by just one game, with the Red Sox sitting in 3^rd place, well within striking distance. The three AL East leaders are put in a unique situation by the lack of parity found throughout the rest of the American League. Were any of the three to relocate the Central or Western divisions, they would either find themselves as division leaders or mired in merely a two team race, with the Texas Rangers standing as the sole team in the AL with a comparable record. Read the rest of this entry »