Watch out, baseball — here come the Yankees.

It was a great weekend in Chapel Hill, with more than 200 former basketball players returning to celebrate the uncovering of the Roy Williams Court at the Smith Center. A golf tournament Friday, a gala buffet Friday night on the concourse of the Dean Dome, the new and old players scrimmaging Saturday afternoon and a cookout for all the families and their kids that night.

While Williams golfed, joked and pushed back tears all weekend, he might have noticed that his favorite Major League Baseball team had closed to within six games of the Red Sox in the American League East. A week ago, the Yanks were 10 and a half games behind before they swept four from the Orioles while Boston was getting blown out in Tampa by the surging Rays and outscored 24-5 in three games.

Thirty games remain in the regular season and six of those are between the Yankees and the team they are chasing. The schedule ends with a weekend series at Fenway Park between the heated rivals. Right now, I like the Bombers’ chances to pull off another miracle comeback. As the saying goes, they are trending that way.

Despite not having the injured Aaron Judge, Gary Sanchez and Didi Gregorious, the Yanks have won eight of their last nine and are getting contributions from everyone – from talented rookies to wily veterans. Meanwhile, the Red Sox have lost five of seven and their lethal bats have gone silent while Chris Sale lingers on the disabled list with a sore left shoulder.

As of September 1, Major League rosters can expand to 40 active players through the end of the regular season, and that’s another advantage for the Yankees, who have a deep and talented farm system and will bring up more players ready to contribute than perhaps any other team in baseball.

Put that together with a lock down bullpen that bails out some shaky starters, once the Yankees get Judge, Sanchez and Didi back, they are in great position to pull a September surprise. That’ll keep Ol’ Roy happy for a few more weeks.