Eat Some Crow Jayson...Playoffs ahead!

I believe I did say that there was no way the Tampa Bay Rays would make the playoffs. Thus far, I am looking to be a fool on this one. Tampa Bay, though they are only 1 1/2 games ahead of Boston for the AL East crown, is 8 games ahead in the Wild Card race. So, the likelihood that they don't make the playoffs is well, becoming unlikely. They play at Boston and at New York and then return home to host Boston for a three game series and then follow that with Minnesota. After that they close out on the road against Baltimore and Detroit. If they go 3-3 on the Boston/New York away series, I don't see how they don't make the playoffs.

In the National League, the Milwaukee Brewers are holding a 3 1/2 game lead over Philly and a 5 game lead over St. Louis for the Wild Card spot. The Brewers play four games against the Phillies this week in Philadelphia and then they have six more games against the Cubs to finish the season. Watch for the Brewers to be fighting for their playoff lives until the last couple of days of the season. They'd better make the Wild Card spot because they went for broke this year by trading for Sabathia.