Lupica: Stage set for Yanks and Sox
The Yankees still have to be the favorites to go to the World Series. But the 15 regular-season games so far between the Yankees and Red Sox might once more turn out to be nothing more than prologue, like in 2003 and 2004 when they met in the ALCS.
These Bombers are great, but no '98
The Yankees are 94-53, the best record in baseball, and have been winning lately at a pace to match the most triumphant of all the great Bomber teams, the 1998 juggernaut that went 114-48. But how do the two compare?
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- Daily News' plan for Yanks' playoff rotation
- Errors are costly in Mets' loss to Braves
- Melancon is losing control of reputation
The Hit King
Classic CaptainWith features, photos, stats and a whole lot more from our archives, The News honors Yankee captain Derek Jeter as he breaks Lou Gehrig's all-time Bombers hits mark to become The Hit King.
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A.J. Burnett keeps struggling, Andy Pettitte is hurting, Jorge Posada is suspended, but there's nothing a little whipped cream can't sweeten - the Yanks still have the best record.
Madden: Yanks find form again
After a two-year decline in the standings, nobody had to tell Yankees GM Brian Cashman this past winter he needed to get it right.
Touching Base: Only at Fenway
For all the new stadiums built in the construction boom that started with Camden Yards nearly two decades ago, there is no place that quite compares to the majors' oldest, Fenway Park.
The Score: Wright message
At The Score, we applaud David Wright trying out the Rawlings S100 helmet, which is designed to protect against 100 mile-per-hour heaters. And we like the message it sent to kids.
Where are they now?
Gary Gentry was just a 22-year-old in 1969, a rookie with a rocket right arm on a remarkable team. He was too young to understand the magnitude of what he and his young teammates were doing.
Harper: Cy of relief for Mariano
If this were the Oscars, where a long career of unrewarded greatness has been known to help put a deserving nominee over the top, Mo Rivera would be a shoo-in to win his first Cy Young.
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- Cervelli's single lifts Yanks over Jays at Stadium
- Bondy: Posada suspended, mates fight right
- Errors are costly in Mets' loss to Braves
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- Hearing set in Barry Bonds' perjury trial
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Catch ya later, Jorge!
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