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New York Yankees Need Help to Win AL East but Still Control Their Own Destiny

expected the New York Yankees to be in this position with three games left in the regular reason. Up 10 games in the American League East near the end of July, the Yankees lost their lead, which evaporated as they tied with the resurgent Baltimore Orioles. 

The O's have to finish the year in St. Petersburg, Florida, against a Tampa Bay Rays team that refuses to quit. The Yankees finish their year back home in the Bronx against the lifeless Boston Red Sox. 

The rules of the new postseason format state that if a division is tied at the end of the year, there will be a one-game playoff no matter what. Formerly, the rules were if there was a tie and the loser still gets a wild card, the division is decided on head-to-head record instead ...

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