5-star effort by Yankee captain
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NEW YORK -- Think David Ortiz would like to have some of those comments back? You know . . . when he said Derek Jeter was not his idea of MVP material?
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With the New York Yankees' starting rotation struggling, the team's offense matched its biggest performance of the season. Tony Clark homered three times, Ruben Sierra hit his 300th career homer, and Gary Sheffield and Alex Rodriguez also connected to lead the Yankees over the Toronto Blue Jays 18-6 Sunday.
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The slumping New York Yankees scored a  key victory over the Boston Red Sox on Tuesday, as Johnny  Damon&#39;s two-run homer earned them a 5-3 win over the American  League East leaders.
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NEW YORK -- Joe Torre offered a simple explanation for his team's recent turnaround. "Looseness. These guys are having fun with each other," the Yankees manager said yesterday after New York's sluggers broke loose in a 13-6 victory over the Pirates.
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The New York Yankees turned a long day into a productive one -- at the plate and in the AL East standings.
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New York tees off of Kris Benson and the Baltimore bullpen as five different Yankees homer in a 16-5 rout of the Orioles on Wednesday night.
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The New York Yankees celebrated in the dugout as if they'd just clinched a playoff berth. In a way, they've done everything but.
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The plot: The Yankees will have home-field advantage throughout the playoffs, thanks to their 101-win season and the AL&#39;s victory in the July All-Star Game.
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For a team still well under .500, at 25-31, the Yankees enjoyed a rare game this season: one with timely hitting, shutdown pitching and crisp defense. The rookie Tyler Clippa
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The Yankees enter another postseason with such a star-studded lineup that only their own insecurities or a strong pitching staff can derail them.
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On his first day at spring training, Randy Johnson said exactly what the Yankees would hope. He is a hired gun, with one purpose: win the World Series.
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You can&#39;t rely on the boxscore to quantify the type of impact Derek Jeter had on Game 2 of the Yankees-Twins series. Or the influence he has on his team.
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NEW YORK -- It was a major league pitching performance. It may not have been a $4.5-million-a-month performance, but if you're the Yankees, that issue is a nonstarter because we're talking about Roger Clemens. Nothing about Roger Clemens is normal.
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Here come the New York Yankees. Finally.
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Against a nothing-to-lose team such as the Kansas City Royals, the Yankees&#39; manager wanted his team to put down the hammer early and not let baseball&#39;s second worst team believe it had a chance.
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Drained by a difficult week, the New York Yankees needed an uplifting victory. That's exactly what they got yesterday.
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This is why the New York Yankees are potentially the most dangerous team in the playoffs. That six-spot they put up in the eighth inning against two of the best relievers in baseball - Hideki Okajima and Jonathan Papelbon - is proof enough that the Yankees can hit good pitching.