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Point of contention: 10 still in the hunt

Published Sep. 10, 2009 7:57 p.m. ET

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Think back to mid-June.

The Boston Red Sox had just run their record against the AL East rival Yankees to 8-0. The Yankees were about to fall five games behind the Red Sox in the division standings. And the Red Sox were beating their chests over the depth of their rotation.

Guess that's why they play the full schedule before making anything official — unfortunately for the Red Sox.

The stretch run has begun. Twenty-five days remain in the regular season.

The Red Sox are trying to hang on.

They have been blown away by the Yankees in the AL East, and their seemingly comfortable grasp on the AL wild card has crumbled. The Texas Rangers have become the gum on the bottom of the Red Sox cleats.

With the Rangers having rebounded from back-to-back losses in Baltimore to pile up three victories in a 24-hour span in Cleveland on Tuesday night and Wednesday afternoon, the Red Sox woke up Thursday morning clinging to a two-game wild-card lead, the closest postseason battle in baseball.

So let's handicap the top 10 postseason contenders:

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