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Projo Sox Blog found this 7/23/2008 on www.nydailynews.com [flag]
It took until their 100th game, but Tuesday night's 8-2 win over the Twins lifted the Yankees 10 games over .500 for the first time this season, extending their winning streak to five games since the All-Star break. [link]

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Baseball Today: Wednesday, July 23
Published 7/23/2008 by Art Martone (amartone@projo.com) at Projo Sox Blog
... AIM HIGH: The Yankees are talking first place after their fifth straight win, a late-developing (they were trailing 2-1 in the sixth) 8-2 romp over the Twins. (New York Daily News) The Daily News' Filip Bondy points out the Yanks are " ...

Yanks keep winning, Cashman keeps thinking
Published 7/23/2008 by Aziz at NJ.com: Pride of the Yankees
... : In just five days, the Yankees have gone from fourth in the American League wild-card race to tied for second. Ripping off five straight wins against two of the teams in front of you will do that . Well said. Mark Feinsand adds that it took 100 games , but the Yanks finally hit ten games above .500. Meanwhile, Brian Cashman continues to ponder how to improve the team. With Randy Wolf's trade to Houston yesterday, there's one less cheap pitching option out there; that's why -- and we're happy to have Dan Graziano's daily "Tradewinds" feature back -- ...

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yankeesdaily.com found this 7/23/2008 on yankees.lhblogs.com

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