The Yankees and Red Sox against National League opponents since 2002

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1. Eric Schultz says:

   June 21, 2011 at 3:04 pm

   Boston’s definitely scorching right now, but I imagine their offense is due for some regression. Boston tends to drop off (by their standards) in the 2nd half (if memory serves me correctly), while the Yankees tend to play their best baseball after the All-Star break.

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2. nyyankeefanforever says:

   June 21, 2011 at 5:00 pm

   Eric is right insofar as the Yankees have a recent historical edge in post-break performance. (See below from baseball-reference.com)

   Boston

   2010
   First Half .580
   Second Half .514

   2009
   First Half .614
   Second Half .554

   2008
   First Half .588
   Second Half .585

   NY Yankees

   2010
   First Half .636
   Second Half .527

   2009
   First Half .580
   Second Half .703

   2008
   First Half .526
   Second Half .582

   Three-year second-half win % averages:
   Boston: .551
   NYY .604

   I’d also add as an aside that, this season, we sustained multiple major personnel losses in the first half and have a number of key pieces expected back and contributing in the second half, yet have maintained a close proximity to Boston in the W column and standings. Meanwhile, the Red Sox have only in recent weeks faced a spate of injuries and trips to the DL that will likely impact them to some extent going forward.

   All in all, the remainder of the AL Beast regular season will probably wind up looking like what every objective observer thought it would be when the season began — a competitive nip and tuck battle to the end.

   Wouldn’t be the Beast if it wasn’t.

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3. Duh, Innings! says:

   June 21, 2011 at 5:25 pm

   27-8 in their last 35 yet still only a game and a half ahead of the Yankees hahaha.

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