The American League Wild Card Race

So the Boston Red Sox and the Tampa Bay Rays are all tied up with one game to play in the regular season. I am a big Sabermetrics fan and the timing of this event with the recent release of Moneyball the movie is ironic, but I believe in the last week I have not looked at a single stat. Instead I watch night after night riding the joyful rollercoaster of emotion. I had forgotten this part of baseball. Dan ducquette once told me to remember to enjoy the game, and this week I have. After the regular season is over and the emotion drains away I will sit down and become the mathematician that I am and try to understand what happened here and why. However, until then I will watch the Red Sox And the Rays play their last games of the season purely for the enjoyment of it.