George King does not read my blog.

The headline is promising:

"YANKEES NEED TO TAME EAST"

Exactly! The entire AL East. Which includes the Toronto Blue Jays.

Finally! An overall view of the AL East. You can't miss the Blue Jays if you're talking about the AL East.


Followed by a disappointing sub-header:

"BOMBERS MUST FOCUS SOLELY ON RED SOX"

Sigh.


"Forget the schedule. Ignore the Yankees and Red Sox having just nine games remaining against each other. Starting tonight and lasting until Oct. 1, it's Yankees-Red Sox 24/7."

Alright, if you say so. The Blue Jays are 4 1/2 out of first and 2 games behind the Yankees. Somebody has decided that they've got no shot, so everybody should ignore them entirely.


"Each will play a game on the field wondering what their blood rivals are doing in another stadium. They can deny it but it will be hollow talk."

Don't deny scoreboard watching. Scoreboard watching should be mandatory.

I want my players, coaches, manager, GM, and owner to scrutinize every box score. I wany my players to know every 40-man roster in the majors. It's 1,200 players you've got to memorize, so stop practicing your swing in the outfield and get to work.


Are you ready for a sudden left turn down George King's Highway of Revisionist History and Illogical Reasoning?

Hold on, it's a bumpy ride:

"That's because you can make the argument that for the first time since the 1978 one-game playoff game Bucky Dent won with a homer, the stakes have never been bigger between the Yankees and Red Sox."

The stakes have never been higher.

Except for 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994 (well, not the strike year), 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, and 2005.


"Larger than consecutive Game 7s in the 2003 and 2004 ALCS?"

How could any regular season game be bigger than a Game 7 in a playoff series? The loser of the Game 7 goes home.


"Sure the winner went to the World Series but the second-place finisher in this year's AL East is going home."

The loser goes home. Just like the second-place finisher in a Game 7 of a playoff series. So, the stakes are the same.

George, seriously: Are you drunk?