As The Master would say, the Yankees are only "one game behind in the all-important loss column"

If anybody ever doubted humankind's final triumph of mediocrity, let me offer to the court Exhibit A: The AL Wild Card race.

Five games over .500 will likely give some hapless-but-lucky team a chance to beat the mighty Anaheim Angels of Los Angeles, California, on Oct. 1.

As you can see, the '14 Yankees - with less than 50 games to play - are still keeping alive The Dream.