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The Tampa Rays come into Yankee Stadium licking their wounds after a three-game sweep in Baltimore, but they shouldn’t expect much sympathy from the Yankees. Although the Bronx Bombers won the last two games of their series against the Red Sox, the team is riding its first winning streak in just under a month. With […]

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As the Yankees’ continue to slide, they inch closer to several infamous distinctions in franchise history. Not only is the 2012 team trying to avoid becoming the first to blow a double-digit lead, but even the modest three game bulge at the beginning of September would qualify as the largest ever surrendered in the final […]

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The American League pennant race has reached the stretch, but there still isn’t much separation among the leaders. Eight teams are currently within four games of a playoff spot, and every division race is separated by three games or fewer. With only five seats available when the music stops, the final week of the season […]

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Contents Under Pressure. The Orioles must not have heeded the warning because, after a prolonged slump, the Yankees’ offense finally exploded. During the four-game split in Baltimore, the Bronx Bombers scored 31 runs, more than doubling the paltry 3.5 runs averaged over the last three week’s worth of games. Appropriately, the cherry on top of […]

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(The following was originally published at SB*Nation’s Pinstriped Bible) Mark Teixeira’s expected return to the Yankees’ lineup was delayed another day when the first baseman’s injured calf caused him to miss the second game of the team’s crucial first place showdown against the Orioles. Although the offense didn’t suffer from his absence last night, if the […]

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The Yankees were poised for their biggest win of the season. After scoring five runs to tie the game in the top of the eighth, Joe Girardi handed the ball to David Robertson with the expectation that he would carry the deadlock into the ninth. It was the same script that seemed to work every […]

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Regardless of what happens over the next month, by virtue of being tied for first place in September, the Baltimore Orioles represent one of the biggest baseball surprises in recent memory. However, those with their ears to the ground of history probably shouldn’t be too shocked by the Birds’ ascent to the top perch in […]

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