Doubleheader sweep has Yanks on verge of division title
530314
The New York Yankees can achieve two milestones with one more victory: clinching their seventh straight AL East title and reaching 100 wins in three straight seasons for the first time.
67070
After a doubleheader sweep of the Minnesota Twins, the Yankees can clinch the A.L. East championship on Thursday by beating them again.
202550
For a flickering moment, there was a race in the American League East, when the Yankees cut the margin to four games eight days ago. But there is no more. At least not now.
437175
The Yankees head to Boston this weekend for a crucial three-game series that could help determine the winner of the American League East, but at least New York now knows
713824
Champagne flowed. Joe Torre cried. The New York Yankees whooped it up. Celebrating clinching wins never gets old, even when you've made the postseason for 13 seasons in a row.
392473
NEW YORK - With the chance to clinch a playoff berth within their grasp, the New York Yankees let it slip away - at least for a day.
139488
Derek Jeter finished at .343, 4 points behind the TwinsÂ Joe Mauer for the American League batting crown, but the Yankees tied the Mets for the majorsÂ best record.
53816
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
634293
The New York Yankees swept a  doubleheader from the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, winning the opener  7-3 and then roaring to a 17-5 triumph in the nightcap at  Yankee Stadium on Saturday.
533597
The Yankees lost, but they captured the division anyway because the Boston Red Sox lost and they now have 10 games to line up their pitchers for the postseason.
407691
Hold the champagne. Another big home run by Alex Rodriguez wasn't enough to help the New York Yankees clinch a 13th straight playoff appearance.
210579
A date with the Red Sox is within reach for the Yankees, who defeated the Minnesota Twins, 8-4, on Friday night at the Metrodome.
443491
NEW YORK -- With Thursday night&#39;s epic defeat, the Yankees&#39; hold on first place in the American League East became increasingly tenuous.
695663
MINNEAPOLIS - The New York Yankees are hoping that unpredictable right-hander Kevin Brown can put them in position to win Game 3 of the AL Division Series on Friday night, while the Minnesota Twins will try not to let the best-of-five series slip away after losing a dramatic Game 2 in New York. The series is tied at 1-1 entering Friday's game, which starts at 8:09 p.m...
104931
com. The Yankees finished off the Twins on Saturday with yet another dramatic comeback, taking a 6-5 decision in 11 innings at the Metrodome to win the American League Division Series, three games to one.
640551
Alex Rodriguez doubled, stole third and scored on a wild pitch in the 11th inning as the New York Yankees rallied to beat the Minnesota Twins 6-5 and advance to the American League Championship Series against Boston.
557676
The New York Yankees are going to the playoffs, and they will probably go there as AL East champions, too. They just won&#39;t be clinching the division in Fenway Park.