I love how the Sox fans are touting their better record, but that could change...TODAY. A one game lead before the All-Star break, and if you listen to them, you'd think they were running away with the division.
The truth of the matter is the teams are much closer to each other than most of you think. The bullpens are pretty much a wash, the Yankees have a slight edge in offense, the Red Sox have a slight edge in the rotation, and defense is once again a wash overall. It's funny that the least heralded of the three off-season acquisitions for both teams are showing the most production [burnett for us, Penny for you]. Both of us have an Asian flop [Wang and Dice]. Both of us lost our most explosive hitter [Arod and Youk].
These teams are very, very close. The best statement in the whole thread is this one