The October surprise.

Not what you’re thinking though, Yankee fans are bemoaning the team’s season this year. Even though the Yankees have a surprisingly good record considering the devastating injuries they’ve suffered through - and this is coming from a Mets fan!

However, Yankee fans look west and see the Dodgers and aren’t necessarily bemoaning the loss of long-time departed manager Joe Torre. Still, Joe Torre’s string of bringing the teams he’s managed to the postseason could very well remain unbroken!

Don’t believe me?

Take a look at the remaining schedules for the Dodgers and the Diamondbacks. The Dodgers on September 1st are two and a half games out and still face the division leading Diamondbacks head to head three more times. However, the big difference is this: aside from those games versus the Diamondbacks, the rest of the schedule the Dodgers face Sand Diego (9), San Francisco (6), Pittsburgh (4) and Colorado (3). At the time of this writing only Colorado among the four teams has more than 60 wins!

The Diamondbacks though besides facing the Dodgers have 7 games against wild card contender St. Louis! A team that is playing hard with has a winning home and road record. Their schedule fills out with Colorado (6), San Francisco (7) and Cincinnati (3).