Yanks Qualify, and Elvis Has Left for Boston
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The Yankees reserved a spot in October for the 10th year in a row, assuring themselves of no worse than a wild card.
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NEW YORK - Amid the bustle of the New York clubhouse, Mariano Rivera's untouched locker stood out as a reminder that the New York Yankees might be without their best pitcher in the opener of the American League championship series.    Rivera flew home to Puerto Caimito, Panama, after two family members were electrocuted in his pool, leaving the possibility that he might not be available for Game 1 of the ALCS against the Boston Red Sox on Tuesday...
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There was a breakdown in the cosmic order Wednesday night. At least that's how it felt to Yankees fans.
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Just when you think you&#39;ve seen it all, the Yankees devise a new way to win a game and torture their opponents. Last night, they somehow landed a spot in the American League
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ORGET Red Sox-Yankees. Never mind the National League wild card. Oakland-Anaheim, Los Angeles-San Francisco? Who cares? The most compelling race left is the pursuit of last place in the National League East.
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To battle your way down the interminable ramps leading to the exits at Yankee Stadium after Friday night&#39;s game, you would have thought the days of a last-place finish in a 10-team league from 1966 were back to haunt us.
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Derek Jeter hit a leadoff home run, Jon Lieber pitched into the eighth inning, and the New York Yankees clinched their 10th consecutive trip to the postseason
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Exactly which playoff race are the Yankees in? Maybe the question should be how many they are in.
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The guy who almost joined the Red Sox before the season was bowing down to the Red Sox by the end of the season. As the Yankees turned into the Devil Rays for the final four games of the American League Championship
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With the chance to clinch a playoff berth within their grasp, the New York Yankees let it slip away &#151; at least for a day.
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Kevin Brown had a chance to claim a place in Yankees postseason history with his start in Game 7 of the AL championship series.
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The bullpen blew another one. The reliable relievers who carried the New York Yankees all season are coming apart at the most important moment. Mariano Rivera must be tired by now. Tom Gordon is struggling. Paul Quantrill is hurt. And the Yankees are halfway to the biggest collapse in postseason history.
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On a day of big movement in baseball, the New York Yankees are on the verge of claiming the biggest prize of all. The Yankees closed in on completing a blockbuster three-team trade that would send Randy Johnson
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CHICAGO --- Elvis didn&#39;t leave the building on Friday night, but Manny Ramirez and Orlando Cabrera both did. And Curt Schilling left the Chicago White Sox feeling &quot;all shook up.&quot; ...
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Thanks to another solid performance by Mike Mussina, the Yankees took another step toward the playoffs and now trail the Red Sox by a game and a half in the A.L. East.
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David Ortiz, still champagne-scented, was watching Saturday's decisive playoff game between the Yankees and Twins with a friend. Up stepped Ruben Sierra, who'd been 1 for 20 in the series, to clock a three-run homer and tie the game in the eighth. &quot;Here they come,&quot; the Red Sox slugger said. Did anyone from Eastport to Block Island expect anything else?
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at Yankee Stadium, New York Records: Boston is 80-51 (first in the American League East); New York is 72-59 (second in AL East, 8 games behind).