The Sox have officially over achieved in my mind. I don't remember anyone predicting the playoffs for the Red Sox.
I had in my mind they were a 0.500 team. It is odd how different baseball is from say football. A 0.500 team in Football is 8-8, in baseball, about 80-80. The Sox ended up doing really great by finishing 92 - 70, essentially the same as going 9-7 in football. Tampa was the equivalent of 10-6.
The game was really exciting. Tampa was the clear division winner this year but other years, things can be more close. This year, the wild card single game was fair but some years, 95 wins might be the division and 94 wins one and done in the wild card. I guess that is just the way it goes in baseball, part of the charm of the game.