JETER & PETTITTE RIGHT YANKS' SHIP

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Baseball Today: Thursday, August 21
Published 8/21/2008 by Art Martone (amartone@projo.com) at Projo Sox Blog
... HANGING IN: The Yankees finally picked up ground yesterday, gaining a game in both the A.L. East and wild-card races as they beat the Blue Jays, 5-1. (New York Post) And it was the old guard that did it, as ...

Desperate Yanks showing ... desperation
Published 8/21/2008 by D&A at NJ.com: Pride of the Yankees
... . A Jeter homer , some pitching, and the Yanks won. The scary part about the battle for re-entering the playoff picture? Sidney Ponson and a big ol' question mark makes up forty percent of the starting rotation. Anyway, there's no need to get lost in that stuff today, because the Yanks are finally finding some balance after a torrid affair with futility. Frankly, as long as they can stay at or around a five-game deficit in the wild card chase, we ought to be content. And if you read into the tone of the veterans, they realize they're already fighting for their lives (which is ...