Yanks clinch 9th straight AL East title
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Derek Jeter poured champagne over Joe Torre's head. Almost half the team doused Mariano Rivera with beer. Bernie Williams flashed a grateful smile. It didn't matter that the New York Yankees lost Wednesday night. They still clinched their ninth consecutive AL East title &#151; and celebrated like first-timers.
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NEW YORK Sept. 30, 2004 - Bernie Williams hit a two-run homer in the ninth inning and the New York Yankees clinched their seventh straight AL East title, beating the Minnesota Twins 6-4 Thursday night for their 100th victory of the season.
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Still striving to get to the top of the A.L. East, the Yankees now have the longest winning streak -- nine games -- of any team in the Major League this season.
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The New York Mets&#039; latest victory might have come at a heavy price. Tom Glavine became baseball&#039;s first 11-game winner, David Wright hit a three-run homer and New York beat the Toronto Blue Jays 6-1 Friday night to set a club record with its ninth straight victory on the road.
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The Yankees clinch their 13th straight postseason appearance, beating the Devil Rays to assure themselves of at least a wild-card, and perhaps another AL East crown.
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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 with a 7-3 victory over the Tampa Bay Devil Rays yesterday at Yankee Stadium.
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NEW YORK -- The Yankees did finish first in something last year _ spending. While its streak of AL East titles ended at nine, New York wound up with a record payroll of $218.3 million.
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George Steinbrenner moved to the front row of the owner's private suite, and the celebration was on. The New York Yankees clinched their 13th straight postseason appearance, beating the Tampa Bay Devil Rays 12-4 Wednesday night to assure themselves of at least a wild-card berth in the playoffs.
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The New York Yankees battled to a 9-5  victory over the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park on Friday, the  win lifting the struggling Bronx Bombers out of last place in  the American League East division.
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Johnny Damon drove in the winning run  with a bloop single in the top of the ninth inning as the  Boston Red Sox rallied to edge the New York Yankees 3-2 in an  American League East showdown at Yankee Stadium on Friday.
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Frank Thomas drives in the winning run with a ninth-inning single as the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Yankees, 2-1, on Thursday night.
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The New York Yankees finished off their domination of the Boston Red Sox and took their biggest lead in the AL East this season.
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The Yankees did finish first in something last year Â spending. While their streak of AL East titles ended at nine, the Yankees wound up with a record payroll of $218.3 million.
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Alex Rodriguez hit his major league-leading 27th homer, Chien-Ming Wang came within one out of a complete game and the New York Yankees won the second Subway Series of the season Sunday night with an 8-2 victory over the stumbling Mets.
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The Yankees clinched their 10th consecutive post-season trip with a 7-3 victory over the Tampa Bay Devil Rays on Thursday. But there were no high-fives or celebratory hugs in the Yankees clubhouse, because they believe the best is yet to come.
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Alex Rodriguez scores on a wild pitch in the 11th innning to lead the New York Yankees into the AL Championship Series by defeating the Minnesota Twins, 6-5, on Saturday.
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Gary Sheffield and Hideki Matsui  thumped back-to-back homers in the ninth inning to rally the  New York Yankees to a 9-7 victory over the Baltimore Orioles in  the American League Sunday.