The Yankees played well in the three games they had against the Twins. The pitchers did a pretty good job, especially Andy Pettite. However, their pitching wasn’t great. If they want to make it number 28, they are going to have to throw a lot better. The only reason they were able to sweep the [...]
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Mariano Rivera got the last out, sealing yet another October triumph. Jorge Posada trotted out to mound, and the Yankees came out of the dugout in a businesslike manner to shake each other’s hands. No crazy celebration, at least not yet. Postseason step No. 1 accomplished. Two more to go before the New York Yankees’ [...]
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Andy Pettitte and the defending World Series champions stumbled through September and landed in the wild-card spot. As the Minnesota Twins can attest, the New York are hardly an underdog in October. Pushing the home-field advantage back in Minnesota’s face, Pettitte turned in a vintage postseason performance with seven smooth innings and Lance Berkman had [...]
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Mark Teixeira called the early days of September perhaps the worst of his career. The closing month of the season had always been Teixeira’s time. But he suffered a bone bruise in his right thumb while diving after diving for a ball in late August and broke his toe a few days later. By the [...]
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