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The '49 American League season came down to one game between the Yankees and Red Sox. The contest was a portent of epic battles to come.

The Yankees can't seem to buy a win against the Red Sox in 2009 and that could spell bad news when the playoffs roll around. Can one be cursed by a broken curse?

Three teams in the American League East are in contention for a playoff spot, while two are already looking toward next year.

The American League East figures to once again be the most competitive division in baseball.

It is never too early to review the baseball season and this is a look at the first week in the American League.

The season has suddenly shifted in opposite directions for Boston and New York. An AL East crown looked automatic for Boston, but now a Wild Card might have to suffice.

Nearly a quarter into the season and the Toronto Blue Jays are in the thick of things in the American League East division. Will they still be there at season's end?

Roy Halladay is likely about to be traded. The Toronto Blue Jays will search for the best possible trade. But which teams have the depth to give Toronto what they want?

The Boston Red Sox enter the 2007 season with a lot of questions. How players answer those questions will determine whether they can get back to the World Series.

The Yankees open up a three game series in Boston tonight that is important, but barring a miracle or two, both the Yankees and the Red Sox will be in the playoffs.

Amid all of the gossip surrounding Alex Rodriguez's personal life and playing tactics, the third baseman leads the Yankees to a series victory over the Boston Red Sox.

The American League Championship Series begins tonight as the New York Yankees look to get past the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, a team that has been their nemesis.

Perhaps rattled by repeated steroid scandals, the Red Sox drop four straight games at Yankee Stadium for the first time in more than 20 years.

High expectations, surprising achievements, and baffling disappointments marked the return of baseball's top stars from the war.

The baseball world has gotten a lot tougher on pitchers since 1950. Shorter fences, lower mounds and bigger hitters make these greats so much more impressive.

Yankees' owner Colonel Jacob Ruppert's personal physician recommended that Joe have his tonsils removed to cure his bad arm.

If today's playoff structure were used in 1978, the differences would have been beyond radical.

One month into the 2007 MLB season, things are starting to fall into place for all pre-season favorites except the New York Yankees.

The sensational rookie asserted himself with positive results to give the league leading Yankees an overtime triumph over the Yawkey minions.

For almost 100 years, the Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees have been involved in baseball's biggest and best rivalry.

If the Yankees win 18 and lose 6, the Red Sox must go 13-12 to win the Eastern Division title.

Memorial Day is considered the first milestone of the baseball season and a time to determine which teams are actually playoff contenders.

The Mets get the ace they were looking for, after the Yankees and Red Sox decide to hold on to prospects.

The American League East race is one of Major League Baseball's best divisions. Newcomers to the league, like Boston's Diasuke Matsuzaka, could define the season.

Sports fans have long complained about the need for a salary cap in baseball and threatened to abandon the sport because of big free agent contracts.

The New York Mets may feel like winners in the Johan Santana sweepstakes, but it could be that the Detroit Tigers are the biggest winners.

In the past 50 years, Major League Baseball has added 14 new teams and drastically revised it's structure and standings.

The Yankees and Red Sox have had some of the most memorable regular season series in baseball history. Here are a few of the best in the first 100 years of the rivalry.

The New York Yankees spend the most money and this season they are winning the biggest. It is a system that is good for baseball.

There are some pretty intense rivalries in the world of sports. But there is arguably none more intriguing than the Philadelphia-Pittsburgh sports war in Pennsylvania.

Baseball fans need not spend a fortune to see their favorite teams. These five franchises offer the cheapest baseball tickets available. Check them out. Go see a game.

The Yankees and Red Sox continue to be the beasts of the AL East, but the Blue Jays are hoping to crash the party this time around.

Toronto Blue Jays fans are too busy feeling sorry for themselves that they are overlooking the real victims of the unbalanced American League East: The Tampa Bay Rays

Dropping eight straight games to Boston does not leave a good taste in Yankees fans' mouths. Never fear, there are many reasons not to panic, despite the frustration.

Despite a sluggish economy the New York Yankees committed $441 million in off-season contracts. This was a win and a loss for Major League Baseball and its teams.

The 1951 race to the pennant between the Brooklyn Dodgers and the New York Giants was as great a pennant race as there has ever been. Ever.

The Yankees dominated this rivalry for almost 90 years, but recent personnel decisions by Boston management have been far superior to moves made by the Yankee brass.