They will be playing in October

The Red Sox magic number is 8 to clinch the ALEast but as of last night, they are guaranteed a spot in the playoffs. If they lose the division to the Yankees they will still be one of the wild card teams.

The Red Sox and the Yankees are are both on a travel day today so there will be no change in the standings and there will be no baseball for me to watch.

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While I watch some of my DVRs, you can visit these links:

• Oh Canada.



• Here's your Brilliant Criminal of the Day.



• Key line in this story: "The panda head was confiscated."



• I find it kind of incredulous that people need to be told this is a bad idea.