2. I hate to break this to you, but they made the playoffs in 2005 dude. The Yankees and Red Sox tied atop the AL East standings with 95 wins, that year and New York won the division on a tiebreaker.

3. So the first two months of the season don’t count? The $200 million payroll doesn’t count? The fact that the Yankees lost to the Indians, a team the Red Sox later eliminated, in the ALDS doesn’t count?

I think someone is bitter.

As for not making the playoffs, I admit this is a possibility … the AL is damn good. But it’s also a possibility for the Yankees. Oh, are they just too magical and special to miss the postseason?

1)His first championship occured because…..

His team was a few outs away from being unceromoniously swept into oblivion in 2004 and the Yankees puked all over themselves. (As far as this being the biggest choke in the history of sports… well if you want your legacy to be that you only won because the other team “choked” then there it is. BTW, many teams have had 4 game losing streaks in the history of sports. Not many teams have blown leads like the 78 Sox and 07 Mets.) Dan Duquette’s players stepped up. Theo deserves zero credit for 04. Spare me Dave Robert’s stolen base in game 4.

2)His team missed the playoffs the very next season, while the real team in his division was making the post season for the 11th straight season.

3) His second champioship occured in a season where:
His chief rival and a team that owned his team after June 1 to the tune of something like 9-3, spotted them 2 months of a six month season, starting something like 10 different pitchers in the first 8 weeks, 4 of whom were making their MAJOR LEAGUE DEBUTS!!! Let’s see how the Marlins, gosh I mean the Red Sox, do as frontrunners.

I say they don’t make the playoffs this year either.