The miseries of their ancient rivals should really be of no consequence to the Yankees at this point. Alex Cora all but conceded first place to the Yankees before his Red Sox even took the field Saturday, admitting the prudence for his team to focus instead on a wild-card chase that, in itself, will be 10 kinds of arduous.
The Yankees?
They have larger celestial bodies to pursue. A sweep in Saturday’s doubleheader nudged them two-hundredths of a point ahead of the Astros in what will surely be a splendid race for the American League’s No.