Perhaps I was a bit harsh when I declared the 2007 AL East campaign over. It was one of the few times I was glad not to have traffic of the sort that WasWatching gets, as he got a lot of feedback on his similar posts.
There is a lot of hope for the wild card, and that's what I was trying to get at. Red Sox Nation, even in 2004, lives and dies too heavily with the division title. Granted, in years when Oakland or the second-place Central team are winning a ton of games, it feels easier to battle your division rival (whom you actually play frequently). But the Sox have fallen apart more years than not after the division starts slipping from their grasp. For the Yankees to do that would be tragic, and a foolish sentiment considering how often they've been losing to a wild-card team in recent years (2002, 2003, 2004, 2006).
While panic won't help, the team does legitimately need urgency (and health, of course). With the wild card in closer sights, keeping that within reach is a worthy morale booster while waiting for the Red Sox to endure a slump.
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