What point is being defended here? I'll remind everyone.
That the Yankees will run away with the division. Say that again, run away with it. None of us are saying the Sox will lock this thing up by Sept 1, just that this thing should be a dogfight. It's folly to think a team with as many pitching questions as the Yankees will run away with anything. Yeah, yeah, wait till they get back. But what about when they are back? Which Mussina do you get? '04/'05? Better hope not. Will Wang's leg affect his mechanics? Better hope not with the arm injury history, and that doesn't even address the fact that history suggests his carriage of success is about to turn pumpkin given his peripheral pitching stats.
No. Nobody is running away with this. Although, if you truly do believe this Jacko, it's really going to sting if it doesn't happen. I'll enjoy the rant, and the ribbing afterward.