A.L. East to Far East: Yankees Extend Rivalry
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The Yankees answered the Red SoxÂ overwhelming bid for Daisuke Matsuzaka by submitting the highest proposal to talk exclusively with Kei Igawa, a left-hander from the Hanshin Tigers.
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F the Red Sox thought they could come into Yankee Stadium and change the direction of the American League East race, they have another thought coming.
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They have spent their careers as enemies, simply because one was raised a Red Sox, the other a Yankee.
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Oakland, Anaheim and Texas are still battling with a week to go for what is likely to be the final spot in the AL playoffs. With Minnesota having clinched its third consecutive AL Central title, the New York Yankees heading toward a seventh straight first-place finish in the AL East and Boston comfortably ahead in the wild-card race, the West figures to attract the most interest in the final week of the regular season...
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All that stands between Randy Johnson and the New York Yankees are a bunch of medical tests. The Big Unit and the Yankees reached a preliminary agreement Thursday on a &#36;32 million, two-year contract extension, leaving only a physical as the final step needed to finishing the drawn-out process of finalizing the trade Arizona and the Yankees agreed to Dec. 30.
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ANAHEIM - Funny how one Red Sox championship seems to have changed everything in baseball&#39;s world order. Suddenly the Yankees seem to be chasing their hated rivals in the offseason now too, after all those
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It's still early, but it's not too hard to anticipate a showdown coming between the Yankees and Red Sox in the next round.
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Bronx, NY -- Bernie Williams hit a game-winning two-run homer in the bottom of the ninth inning as the New York Yankees clinched their seventh consecutive American League East title with a 6-4 victory over Minnesota at Yankee Stadium.
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For 25 days, the Red Sox [stats, schedule] made up so much ground on the New York Yankees [stats, schedule] in the American League East race at such a rapid pace that it almost appeared
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NEW YORK -- With an epic defeat, the New York Yankees' hold on first place in the American League East became increasingly tenuous.
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The New York Yankees battled to a 9-5  victory over the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park on Friday, the  win lifting the struggling Bronx Bombers out of last place in  the American League East division.
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IT&#39;S crunch time for baseball&#39;s fiercest rivals as the Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees prepare to play each other six times in the next 10 days.
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Oakland, Anaheim and Texas are still battling with a week to go for what is likely to be the final spot in the AL playoffs. With Minnesota having clinched its third consecutive AL Central title, the New York Yankees heading toward a seventh straight first-place finish in the AL East and Boston comfortably ahead in the wild-card race, the West figures to attract the most interest in the final week of the regular season.
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If this gets done, the New York Yankees will greatly upgrade their rotation - if this gets done. The Yankees continued discussions Friday with the Dodgers
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NEW YORK (Sports Network) - Randy Johnson and the Yankees  have reportedly come to terms on a two-year, $32 million  contract extension. That would allow the five-time Cy Young  Award winner to be traded from the Arizona Diamondbacks to New  York.
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Still striving to get to the top of the A.L. East, the Yankees now have the longest winning streak -- nine games -- of any team in the Major League this season.
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Lose the choreography and dial back the frivolity. Thatâs my advice for the Mets as they resume the season. The Yankees, on the other hand, could use a bit of strut.