Yanks' playoff streak comes to end

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Joe Girardi had spoken optimistically of keeping his Yankees alive in the postseason discussion, even against long odds. His reasoning? There had not been an 'X' affixed to the club's name in the American League standings. Those last hopes for a miracle were dashed on Tuesday, as the Boston ... [link]

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Yanks’ playoff streak comes to end
Published 9/24/2008 at BBTF's Baseball Primer Newsblog
Yanks’ playoff streak comes to end This is a better article that more focuses on the fact they aren’t making it. Also, it provides me the opportunity to post a clip from Star Wars . Just pretend Luke Skywalker is Tampa Bay and Han Solo is.. uhhh… the Angels. And the Death Star is the 2008 New York Yankees. Fine allegory.

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