AL East Race Tight As Yanks, Bosox Win
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The New York Yankees will do just about anything to hold off the surging Boston Red Sox.    They even tried asking the commissioner's office to award them a forfeit victory...
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The New York Yankees are struggling to score and their once-huge lead in the AL East is suddenly shrinking. Manager Joe Torre refuses to panic just yet...
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BOSTON - After a night of steady rain at Fenway Park, the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox hoped to get in Game 3 of the AL championship series on Saturday night.    The forecast was better, with the National Weather Service calling for mostly cloudy conditions with a 50-percent chance of showers and 10-15 mph wind...
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Bernie Williams hits a two-run homer in the ninth inning and the Yankees clinch their seventh straight AL East title, beating the playoff-bound Twins, 6-4, Thursday night.
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Despite fallingÃÂ to Toronto, the Yankees clinch their ninth consecutive AL East title on WednesdayÃÂ as second-place Boston falls to Minnesota.
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The New York Yankees will do just about anything to hold off the surging Boston Red Sox. They even tried asking the commissioner's office to award them a forfeit victory. When that didn't work, they moved Alex Rodriguez to the No. 2 spot in the batting order.
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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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The New York Yankees moved up a notch in the American League East, fending off a late-inning comeback by the Boston Red Sox to win 4-3 on Wednesday.
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Mike Mussina pitched seven strong  innings and the New York Yankees pounded four home runs to beat  Pedro Martinez and the Boston Red Sox 11-1 in American League  play at Yankee Stadium on Sunday.
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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
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The New York Yankees are struggling to score, and their once-huge lead in the AL East has shrunk to 5 1/2 games over Boston. But manager Joe Torre refuses to panic just yet...
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F the Red Sox thought they could come into Yankee Stadium and change the direction of the American League East race, they have another thought coming.
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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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The Boston Red Sox&#39;s history-making comeback to win the American League championship at least temporarily turned New York Yankee dominance on its head.
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Boston knuckleballer Tim Wakefield continues his late season struggles, and Tampa Bay edges the Red Sox, making the AL East race even tighter.
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After coming back against Mariano Rivera for the second time this season, the Boston Red Sox think they&#39;ll overtake the New York Yankees in the AL East.
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The Rocket was nowhere in sight. Matt DeSalvo was there in his place &#151; but not for long. And whatever good vibe the New York Yankees created over the weekend quickly disappeared as Jon Garland and the struggling Chicago White Sox knocked out DeSalvo in the second inning on their way to a 6-4 victory Monday night.