A fourth division?

From today's Pinstriped blog:

Having dropped three games behind the Yankees in the American League East standings, the Red Sox announced today that if they fail to win either the division or the wild card, they will take a page from Connecticut's Joe Lieberman and go to the playoffs anyway. "We're tired of this partisan bickering that insists that one team is superior to another, that says that fans have to prefer one team to another," said Boston general manager Theo Epstein. Red Sox fans are Red Sox fans and so are Yankees fans, even if they express another preference." Added team ace Curt Schilling, "We know that fans are tired of the bickering. A Derek Jeter fan is just a David Ortiz fan who's been misled."

The Yankees offered no comment, but sources say Brian Cashman was heard to mutter, "Oh, get over yourself."