With Their Hitters Digging in, Yankees Push for the Playoffs

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NY Times:  Kepner:  With Their Hitters Digging in, Yankees Push for the Playoffs
Published 8/26/2008 at BBTF's Baseball Primer Newsblog
NY Times: Kepner: With Their Hitters Digging in, Yankees Push for the Playoffs The Yankees have quietly gained two games on the Red Sox in the American League wild-card standings since the morning of Aug. 16, before they began their mini-surge. They are five games behind Boston for the wild card, and also trailed Minnesota by four games early Monday. The Yankees have no more games with the Twins, but they have six with Boston and four with the Chicago White Sox, who led the Twins by a half-game in the A.L. Central at the start of play Monday. “That’s one nice ...

Let's Get It On!: Red Sox play heel one more time at Babe's house
Published 8/26/2008 by 'Duk at Big League Stew
... Here's my favorite part of this upcoming series: While most of us assume this will be the last Red Sox-Yankees game at Yankee Stadium because the Bronx Bombers will miss the playoffs, there's also a pinstriped faction who believes it will be that way because the Yankees could overtake the Red Sox for that AL wild card spot. ...