If not for the meritocracy that rightly determines home-field advantage for baseball’s postseason, I’d take Aaron Boone aside early Friday afternoon and offer him some free advice:
“Take the weekend off.”
Yup, I’d urge him to urge his players to tank this rivalry series against the Red Sox, which kicks off Friday night at Fenway Park. Go full 1919 White Sox with the intentional incompetence, or just disappear a la Vince Vaughn in “Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story.” Anything that would push the defending champions further into this pennant race.
Because the Yankees would absolutely maul the Red Sox in a five-game series with Games 1, 2 and 5 at Yankee Stadium.