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• Yankees’ Playoff Drive Sags Into Uncharted Straits

  The Yankee’s 14th consecutive playoff berth, which would tie a major league record, is at stake, but seems less likely every day. Posted Thursday, August 14, 2008 11:22 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Baseball, New York Yankees, American League

• Angels 4, Yankees 3: Angels Complete Sweep of Yanks With Run in Ninth

  With the game tied at the brink of a three-game sweep by the team with the best record in baseball, the Yankees, could not pile on when they needed to. Posted Sunday, August 10, 2008 7:13 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Baseball, New York Yankees, Rivera, Mariano, Girardi, Joe, American League, Abreu, Bobby, Los Angeles Angels

• Angels 11, Yankees 4: Yankees’ Bullpen Lets Down Giese

  The Yankees are stuck in third place in the American League East and the wild-card race, miles behind the Angels, who are charging toward their best season ever. Posted Saturday, August 09, 2008 7:20 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Baseball, New York Yankees, American League, Los Angeles Angels, Giese, Dan

• The Powerful Angels Come Calling on Yanks

  The Yankees face the Los Angeles Angels and Mark Texieira, their newly signed first baseman, starting Thursday, in the first of 10 remaining games. Posted Wednesday, July 30, 2008 10:19 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Baseball, New York Yankees, Torre, Joe, Girardi, Joe, American League, Los Angeles Angels, Teixeira, Mark

• Yankees Notebook: Posada Will Have Surgery and Be Out Six Months

  Two hours after Posada arrived at Yankee Stadium on Monday, he learned his season was over. Posted Monday, July 28, 2008 11:54 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: New York Yankees, Boston Red Sox, Posada, Jorge, American League, Surgery and Surgeons

• Taking Winning Streak Into Fenway, Yanks Outline Priorities for Trades

  The Yankees are a season-high 11 games over .500 and would climb into a virtual tie for the lead in the American League wild-card race with a sweep this weekend. Posted Thursday, July 24, 2008 11:27 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Baseball, New York Yankees, Boston Red Sox, American League, Sexson, Richie

• Sports of The Times: Yanks’ Woes of ’65 Eerily Similar to ’08

  Is it a bad omen that the Yankees, even after a weekend sweep of the Oakland A’s moved them four and a half games behind first-place Tampa Bay, have the sixth-best record in the American League? Posted Sunday, July 20, 2008 9:06 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Baseball, New York Yankees, American League

• Yankees' Rivera a Non-Starter for A.L. All-Stars

  It may be the last All-Star Game at Yankee Stadium and Mariano Rivera will likely feature in the game, but don't expect him to be American League Manager Terry Francona's choice to start next Tuesday. Posted Thursday, July 10, 2008 2:49 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Baseball, New York Yankees, Francona, Terry, Boston Red Sox, Rivera, Mariano, American League, Papelbon, Jonathan, Yankee Stadium (NYC), All Star Games

• Yankees 5, Red Sox 4: Rivera Does Job, Then Fill-In Works for Winning Hit

  After Mariano Rivera stifled the Red Sox from the mound, Brett Gardner, replacing an injured Johnny Damon, fouled off three pitches before he singled to send home the winning run. Posted Monday, July 07, 2008 1:11 AM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Baseball, New York Yankees, Boston Red Sox, Rivera, Mariano, American League

• A Few Swings Turn Giambi’s Season Around

  The former .150 hitter has returned to being one of the most productive first basemen in the league. Posted Saturday, June 28, 2008 8:39 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Baseball, New York Yankees, American League, Giambi, Jason

• More Red Sox Material May Be Buried at Stadium

  The construction worker who buried a David Ortiz jersey in the cement foundation of the new Yankee Stadium has told friends he buried other Red Sox memorabilia as well. Posted Monday, May 19, 2008 10:23 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Baseball, New York Yankees, Boston Red Sox, Stadiums and Arenas, American League, Ortiz, David

• On Baseball: Upstarts Could Shake Up Status Quo in A.L. East

  Is it possible that neither the Yankees nor the Red Sox will finish second in the A.L. East? That neither will finish first? And can the Blue Jays keep one or both teams from the playoffs? Posted Saturday, March 15, 2008 11:37 AM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Baseball, New York Yankees, Boston Red Sox, Toronto Blue Jays, American League