At first glance, it made you want to turn the scoreboard page upside down. If you were checking on an app, you felt like hitting refresh over and over.
But nothing changed. It was there in black and white, and somehow it was right: The Yankees were in first place on Thursday morning — but they were a game behind the Boston Red Sox.
The teams were virtually tied after Tuesday’s games, so when the Yankees lost and the Red Sox won on Wednesday, the Yankees had to fall a game back, even if they had the better winning percentage.