There is a sub-season for Red Sox fans and it is a direct look south to New York City and baseball other than the Mets. The New York Yankees sauntered into the division title adjudicated by Boston after three seasons. Naturally, eyes focus on just how the Bombers are doing. We may be Red Sox Nation but in the cruel world of baseball geo-politics, the Yankees matter.
Boston does have a bit of comeuppance with the recent turmoil surrounding Jacoby Ellsbury and his deletion from the New York roster. Ellsbury became one of the more dismal free agent extractions in the border war with the Yankees and now New York has the drama of attempting to vacate their last vestiges of financial obligations to Ellsbury.