The last time the Yankees lost a game that they led by 7 in the 8th was in 1953. The Red Sox were 76-0 this year going into the 9th with the lead. The Rays needed both of those impossible odds to happen to make the playoffs.
which carries the lingering stench of dead injuns, scoreboard crushed fencing, collapsed decks, and sexually ambiguous leprechauns, the odds were really skewed against the bosox.
