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Tuesday, October 5, 1999
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Yankees to take on Rangers, again
World champions draw comparisons to last year's team
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NEW YORK — Not matching last year's record-setting team in the regular season was expected for the New York Yankees. Not doing it in the postseason is a totally different matter.
The Associated Press
The Yankees have spent the past seven months avoiding compar-
division series with the Texas Rangers, the comparisons will return.
isons to the 1998 squad that won an AL-corridor 114 games and went on to sweep the World Series. Tonight, when the Yankees come in.
"There were times this year when we let down a bit," pitcher David Cone said. "This is the time we have to step it up. The fact is, we did rise to the occasion when we had to."
The Yankees had won 27 of 35 overall meetings between the two
teams before dropping three of the last five this year. To advance beyond the first round for the first
time in club history, the Rangers need to win three of the next five as well.
Last year, they couldn't do that.
scoring just one run and hitting. 141 in the three-game sweep.
They brought one of the best offenses in the game to the playoffs and ended up just one run and hit
Overall, New York has won six straight playoff games against Texas since losing the opener of
their series in 1996.
It's important for us not to get caught up in the past few series or the last three or four years," manager Johnny Oates said. "We're trying to talk about our guys focusing on the opportunity as opposed to the obstacle. Sometimes you start looking at the obstacle, and it becomes too big to overcome."
Shutting down the Texas offense won't be as easy this season. The Rangers had four players with at least 100 RBI, six with at least 20 homers, and lead the league with a .293 average.
Cleveland, Boston set to battle in AL playoff
The Associated Press
CLEVELAND — They brawled earlier this season, and recently, one accused the other of cheating.
The Indians and Red Sox don't particularly like each other, and this week they'll renew their sometimes testy rivalry in the postseason.
in the best-of-five AL division series. The first-round playoffs start tomorrow at Jacobs Field.
For the third time in five years, Boston and Cleveland are playing
The Red Sox will start Pedro Martinez (23-4), baseball's most dominant player this year, in Game 1 against the Indians, who are expected to counter with their ace, Bartolo Colon (18-5). Game 2 will be Thursday.
The series seems too close to call.
As Cleveland coasted into O Boston was driving hard to secure the wild-card berth and make a run at AL East champ New York.
"Ilike Boston as a sleeper," said Toronto's David Wells, who beat the Indians. "They got Pedro, Pedro's the man this year."
Maybe it's Cleveland's year, too.
Even the prospect of facing Pedro
partizne twice in five games doesn't seem to concern the Indians.
"If we could win three straight that would be great, but that's going to be real hard," Indians catcher Sandy Alomar said. "Game
one is always important. If you can knock out their pitcher right away, that's good."
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