I know, I know! In the grand scheme of things, you could say it was kind of meaningless. But you must admit, it certainly was fun watching the Red Sox celebrate their division championship, wasn’t it?

And I won’t say it was totally meaningless. Winning the division was important on a number of levels, not the least of which is guaranteeing at least one series of home field advantage in the playoffs. I think that will be huge against the Angels, and I’d still love to see the Sox go all out for the best record and home field throughout the playoffs. (Good luck to Terry Francona finding enough players who aren’t hung over today to win a ballgame!)

It was also symbolic, if you ask me. The Yankees dynasty has been pretty much dead anyway, but finally taking away their division crown is one less thing their obnoxious supporters can crow about. Though the Sox buried most of the ghosts in 2004, there were still whispers from a few souls out there about Boston choking in August and September and being unable to stand up to the Evil Empire. Well, the Red Sox held up quite nicely, thank you, and we can officially proclaim what we’ve been calling here since the latter part of spring;

The Boston Red Sox are the 2007 American League East Champions!