I don't know man...I voted Wild Card, just because I tend to be optimistic about the Yanks' chances until they're really out of it, but I could easily see them getting bounced. It would take one of three things: The Yanks going on a hot streak, the A's coming back to earth, or Anaheim falling off.
The Yanks don't have that bad of a schedule over the next month after Texas, with series against KC, Seattle, and a couple against Tampa Bay - all three teams, at the bottom of the AL. They need to win these series. Plus they've got a potentially HUGE series against Oakland, and of course the damn Sox. They've also got series against Toronto and the fading O's - these are just as crucial as the Oakland series. If they can play some solid baseball over the next 3-4 weeks, winning the series they're supposed to win, beat Oakland and take a few series from Toronto and Baltimore, I think they have a good shot. And it would be nice to beat Boston, of course. But trying to predict this team, this year, approaches an exercise in futility.
Jeter should go give the Babe's head a rub in Monument Park, just in case....
