red sox confidence meter
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Are you an optimist, a pessimist, or somewhere in between? With the Red Sox leading the wild card race but trailing the Rays in the East, we ask for your thoughts on the chase for the postseason. Throughout September, we'll measure your confidence in the Sox with our day-by-day confidence indicator to the right.
daily snapshot
(All totals are aggregate through the dates indicated)
Percentage of readers who think the Red Sox will win the AL East ...
- Sept. 2: 15.7%
- Sept. 3: 17.4%
- Sept. 4: 23.8%
- Sept. 5: 27.0%
- Sept. 6: 30.1%
- Sept. 7: 31.0%
- Sept. 8: 34.1%
- Sept. 9: 37.6%
- Sept. 11: 37.9%
- Sept. 12: 37.6%
- Sept. 17: 41.6%
- Sept. 18: 41.4%
Percentage of readers who think the Red Sox will make the playoffs as the wild card team ...
- Sept. 2: 79.6%
- Sept. 3: 79.1%
- Sept. 4: 73.6%
- Sept. 5: 70.6%
- Sept. 6: 67.7%
- Sept. 7: 66.7%
- Sept. 8: 63.8%
- Sept. 9: 60.5%
- Sept. 11: 60.1%
- Sept. 12: 60.4%
- Sept. 17: 56.6%
- Sept. 18: 56.7%
Percentage of readers who think the Red Sox will win the World Series ...
- Sept. 2: 43.4%
- Sept. 3: 47.8%
- Sept. 4: 52.6%
- Sept. 5: 54.3%
- Sept. 6: 56.0 %
- Sept. 7: 56.4 %
- Sept. 8: 57.2 %
- Sept. 9: 59.0 %
- Sept. 11: 58.8 %
- Sept. 12: 58.5%
- Sept. 17: 60.0%
- Sept. 18: 59.8%


