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BP Daily: Inside the Yankees' surge

By Jay Jaffe
Baseball Prospectus

Thursday, August 6, 2009

The New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox -- once again the AL East's top two teams -- open a four-game series Thursday in the Bronx. Much has been (and will continue to be) made of the fact that the Yankees are winless against their heated rivals this year. However, beyond that lopsided tally, New York has been the better of the two teams to date, particularly since Alex Rodriguez returned from hip surgery, which sidelined him for the first month of the season (a period during which the Red Sox b ...

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