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Pennant Race: New York Yankees Face 25-Game Sprint to the Finish in AL East

you’ve ever driven a car, then you’ve seen this phrase written on the passenger-side mirror: “Objects in mirror are closer than they appear.”

When the New York Yankees forged a 10-game lead in the American League East on July 18, the Baltimore Orioles were in second place. The Boston Red Sox and Tampa Bay Rays were tied for third at 10.5 games behind and the Toronto Blue Jays brought up the rear of the division, trailing by 12.5 games.

I’m sure those teams were just teeny little specs in the Yankees’ mirror at that point. A funny thing happened in the intervening 48 days and now the Orioles aren’t really in the rear-view mirror at all.

Since that date in July that no one in the world thought ...

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