ALDS

The New York Yankees have swept the Minnesota Twins and now wait to see who wins game five of the other ALDS series. The Houston Astros will host the Tampa Bay Rays in a winner take all game five with the Yankees waiting in the wings. ESPN MLB Insider Buster Olney Joins us to lay out why he believes this postseason couldn't have gone any better to this point for the Yankees.

The New York Yankees have swept the Minnesota Twins and punched their tickets to the American League Championship Series. The Twins smashed the single season Team Home Run record this year and won 101 games this season. None of that was enough to stop the Yankees.

The Bronx Bombers are a win away from the ALCS

The New York Yankees have decided to leave Left Handed pitcher CC Sabathia off of their ALDS roster. This actually came as a bit of a surprise to me. Sabathia has made it clear he came back for one more run at the World Series and he believed this team could win it. So When Yankees' manager Aaron Boone said the big lefty would sit out this round he was clear with his reason why.

It has been one hell of a ride this season for the New York Yankees but here we are! The Post-season has begun and Yankee Stadium will host the Minnesota Twins and potentially the healthiest version of the Yankees we've seen this season. There's always something magical about Yankee Stadium but that gets kicked up several notches in the post season. The Yankees have Tweeted out some of the preparations and as a Yankees' fan I'm getting pumped!

When looking back at last night's Yankees Red Sox ALDS Game three it's difficult to pick just one or two things that went wrong for the Yankees at home in the Bronx. When a team loses 16 - 1 and has to have their backup catcher pitch there is a lot to grab on to as issues. NJ.com's Randy Miller breaks down last night's debacle and fills us in on the chances the Yankees can force a game five and possibly advance to the American League Championship Series.

Levack and Goz debate that and more in this year's edition of Monday Mirages.

Buster Olney is front and center at Progressive Field for game 2 of the Cleveland Indians New York Yankees series. He has the behind the scenes stories and has a surprise candidate for the next manager of the Mets.

Justin Lada covers the Cleveland Indians for the Lake County News Herald and Burning River Baseball. I have long said the team I'd like to avoid is the Indians, that is until I found out the team they would like to avoid is the Yankees.

The Cleveland Indians are headed to the American League Championship Series but no one is talking about them. They swept the Red Sox but they're not the story. Looking back at game three of the ALDS it was a story about David "Big Papi" Ortiz's career coming to an end and not the Indians season continuing...

Two of baseball's final four teams are set after one division series in each league reached its conclusion on Thursday. The two remaining division series have their fifth and deciding games scheduled for Friday. Here's a recap of Thursday's clinching games: ALDS Game 5: Detroit 6 — Oakland 0 Justin Verlander struck out 11 while pitching a complete-game shutout, and the Detroit Tigers beat the Oakl

We here at 104.5 The Team pride ourselves on cutting through all of the coach speak and politically correct press conference answers to bring you the truth about what is going through the minds of athletes. After tonight's Yankees victory was punctuated by a Raul Ibanez pinch hit, game tying home run and walk off home run, both in the place of Alex Rodriguez, we all knew A-Rod was going to say he