YANKEES HIT SWEEP SPOT | By GEORGE KING | New York Yankees

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Red Sox/Yankees News & Notes - 8/31
Published 8/31/2007 by Ian at SOX & Dawgs
... YANKEES HIT SWEEP SPOT [NY Post] ...

Baseball today: Friday, August 31
Published 8/31/2007 by Art Martone (amartone@projo.com) at Projo Sox Blog
... .'' Fact is, the division title is the Sox' to lose; their remaining schedule is such that if they simply go out and take care of business it would take an unprecedented hot streak by the Yankees for them to be overtaken. But the New York Post's George King sums it up pretty well when he writes: ''The $200 million elephant dressed in Yankees pinstripes is in the room and the Red Sox can’t ignore it. The Yankees might not catch them, but the Red Sox know their blood rivals can beat them.'' The Sox get three chances -- Sept. 14, 15 and 16 at Fenway Park -- to prove the opposite. ...

Controlling their own fate
Published 8/31/2007 by Dave & Aziz Nekoukar at NJ.com: Pride of the Yankees
... Wang followed Ron Guidry's instructions to speed up his tempo and use more sliders and change-ups. Caldera's report that Wang was pleading with Guidry to stay in there after throwing 103 pitches tells us a lot about his character. Joel Sherman writes that the sweep sent a message to the Red Sox: "The $200 million elephant dressed in Yankees pinstripes is in the room and the Red Sox can't ignore it. The Yankees might not catch them, but the Red Sox know their blood rivals can beat them." The Bombers will have to try and avoid a letdown tonight when ...

Cheer Up, Red Sox - The Squirrel’s Got Your Back
Published 8/31/2007 by GC at Can't Stop The Bleeding
... The following is probably slim consolation for Boston after being humbled by Chien Mien-Wang yesterday, but it’ll have to do. ...