View From The Seats: Yankees vs. The Team That Will Knock The Red Sox Out Of The Playoffs

The Yankees look pretty hung over from their champagne celebration last night: it's 7-0 Rays in the bottom of the 3rd. Tampa didn't waste any time, either, recording three runs before the Yankees recorded an out in the top of the first. Either the Rays have come back with a renewed sense of determination after losing the first three games of this series with their season on the line, or the Yankees' quadruple-A lineup is just overmatched and the team in general is tired and complacent after securing the AL East title last night. I'm going a bit more with the latter. The Yanks just look a little bit unfocused, which is more or less expected and, frankly, not a huge concern right now.

The upside is that a Rays win (assuming they hold on) would keep the pressure on the Red Sox, who seem intent on outdoing the 2007 Mets for the biggest September collapse in MLB history. So at least there's that.

Special H/T to Sonak for the primo seats!