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I was lucky enough to take part in this year’s “Yaz Day” at Fenway Park. This is a fundraiser by The Genesis Fund where you get to go on the field at Fenway and take part in various baseball-y activities.
They said the infield was too wet for us to get on, so we were relegated to taking BP in the batting cages, but it was pretty cool regardless. Hopefully next year it will be drier!
Interesting Fact: The warning track is made of crushed red brick, not dirt. See more pics here.
Well, the Boston Red Sox are the American League Eastern Division champs for the first time since 1995. They’re tied with the Indians for top seed, and Boston holds the tie-breaker. As it stands now, the Red Sox will host the Angels and the Indians will host the Yankees. Unlike most years, all 4 of these teams could pull it off, so it should be exciting.
What’s interesting is that none of the National League teams have clinched, with only 2 or 3 games left. There are 7 teams in contention on the final weekend of the year. I don’t remember one league being clinched and almost done seeding while the other league has nothing.
Baseball Prospectus, one of the more popular sabermetric, websites, has a Red Sox/Cubs World Series in this prediction, based on power pitching, defense, and closer stature. This doesn’t have the apocalyptic feeling that such a series would have had before 2004, but I think that would be a fantastic series. Both teams have a huge national fanbase, and could drive the highest World Series ratings in recent memory.