Usually the Sox would split with the Yankees during the regular season but would lose the division to them because the Yankees would have a better record against the other AL East clubs.
Not this year they won't. Baltimore can hit (gotta love Brian Roberts as a fan of the game) and Toronto has a few guys on their staff who can pitch like Halliday and Ted Lilly.
But, Yanks get rid of Kevin Brown and Bernie Williams contracts next year and they have Sheffield for one more after this year. They can buy more players but until they are willing to spend the time to build up the farm system they will always be racing against the clock.
Hey, at least George wants to win. Can't say that about some of the other owners in the game...cough, cough, Bud Selig, cough, cough.