american league east

The Yankees recently lost two of three in Baltimore.  The Rays struggled in Toronto and lost two of three.  Here is a series preview in Tampa Bay between the Yankees and Rays.

New York enters Tampa Bay in first place in the AL East by just a half game over Boston

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The Yankees enter Camden Yards posting a 12-6 record against American League East teams.  The Orioles have lost five straight and are looking to bounce back at home.  These clubs play three in Baltimore.  Here is a series preview:

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The demise of the Yankees was written at least a dozen times from February 1 until now.  The injuries, oh the injuries.  But baseball people must not have been baseball people through and through because they forgot that CC Sabathia and Robinson Cano and Mariano Rivera were still around and the bullpen was in tact.  And the division actually wasn't that good if you know how baseball teams win in 2013.  Here are the Top 5 reasons why the Yanks were in first place as of May 13, 2013 at 9:00 p.m. EST.

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The Boston Red Sox are sending off panic alarms all throughout New England thanks to their 4-14 play so far in the month of September. The team's starting pitching along with the offensive slump has combined for a horrific month thus far. Their AL Wild Card lead has dropped all the ways to a single game in the loss column over the Tampa Bay Rays.

Should the Red Sox panic or simply be alarmed by their baseball play?

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Tonight in the Bronx, it's a battle of 1st place in the AL East as the Yankees and Red Sox will begin their 3rd series of the year. 

1st place New York comes into the 3-game set with a 1-game lead over the Sox.

In my opinion, this series clearly means more for one team.

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I have always thought that you can tell a lot about a Major League Baseball team by June 1st.  That's the big day - as it's about a third of the way through the season.

Back in late March, I made my predictions for the A.L. East.  Let's see how I'm doing after 2 months of play.

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I know the season’s only a week old, but trying to make sense of the American League East standings just doesn’t make sense!

I thought the A.L. East was the toughest division in baseball.  Wow, I was wrong – at least so far.

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The 2011 baseball season hasn't even started yet and we've already got some great drama brewing.

In a recent magazine interview, Orioles manager Buck Showalter talked smack about Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter and Boston General Manager Theo Epstein.

And you know what?  Buck was right!

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