Who Would Have Thought?

If, at the All-Star break, you had made the following true statements, you would have been ridiculed.

• At the end of play on August 15, the Yankees will have a 7.5 game lead on the Boston Red Soxs.

• Boston would be fading, holding a small lead over Texas for the wild card.

• The Yankees would have a four game lead over LA Dodgers for best record in baseball.

• The Yankees would be 23-6 out of the break.

No one would have believed any of these. I watched the men on Baseball Tonight definitively state that there was no way the Yankees would be able to catch the Red Sox. No way.

It has been a dream month for a Yankees fan.