Amazing

The Tigers won today, but the magic numbers went down!

The Red Sox beat Tampa Bay, 8-1. The game was much closer than the score would lead you to believe. The Sox blew it open scoring 1 in the 8th and 4 in the ninth. It was Josh Beckett's 20th win this year. Tampa Bay actually pitched pretty well behind starter Scott Kazmir. Devil Ray pitchers combined for 17 strikeouts, which is ridiculous. So it was a pretty good game.

And, the entire night, the Yankees were losing to Toronto 4-0. Roy Halladay was pitching in the ninth and was 1 out away from a complete game. Then Aaron Hill made an error and the Yankees eventually tied the game. Seems to always happen at Yankee Stadium. But, Greg Zaun hit a homer in the top of the 14 or 15th or something, and the Yanks were retired in order. That means the AL East Magic Number dropped for the first time since last Saturday!

Updated Board looks like this:
Red Sox
Playoffs: 2
AL East: 7

Patriots
AFC East: 13


Fun fact- I learned while listening to the game on AM 680 that the Devil Rays are changing their name next year, and their uniforms. I guess the uniforms will be blue and the team will be called the Rays. I guess I'll have to call them the Pesky TB-Rays next year...

Apparently, some people think God cursed the team because of the Devil reference (I'm not making this up...). I guess those people don't realize the New Jersey Devils have won two Stanley Cups since the Devil Rays came into existence. But then again, not many people do because the NHL is irrelevant...