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The 2011 New York Yankees season was the 109th season for the New York Yankees franchise. The Yankees began the season at home against the Detroit Tigers on Thursday, March 31. [ 2 ] The Yankees clinched a playoff berth in the first game of a doubleheader on September 21, and clinched the American League East title in the second game. [ 3 ]
In a hotly contested five-game series, the Tigers once again defeated the Yankees to return to the ALCS for the second time in six years. The Yankees unsurprisingly took Game 1 in a blowout win, as the Yankees' offense chased Doug Fister from the mound. In Game 2, the Tigers jumped out to a 4–0 lead and their bullpen stopped a late rally by ...
The no-nonsense Showalter, who had previously managed the New York Yankees, the Texas Rangers and the Arizona Diamondbacks on the brink of success before being replaced, served as a commentator for ESPN's Baseball Tonight before agreeing to return to the dugout with the Orioles on August 3, and turned the fortunes of the Maryland ball club ...
Tonight’s New York Yankees vs. Boston Red Sox game featured one of the worst strike three calls of the Major League Baseball season. New York and Boston were tied, 4-4, in the bottom of the ...
The 2011 American League Division Series (abbreviated ALDS) were two best-of-five playoffs comprising the opening round of Major League Baseball’s (MLB) 2011 postseason, played to determine the participating teams in the 2011 American League Championship Series. Three divisional winners and a fourth team—a wild card—played in two series.
When the team in question is the Yankees, that’s how. Not only did the team fizzle out before the Division Series, it was the way in which they fell short. Injuries defined large chunks of the ...
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As a result of the abbreviated season, MLB did not officially award division championships. [83] The Yankees led the American League East, and held the best record in the American League, at the time of the strike. [84] l The 1994–95 MLB strike lasted until April 2, 1995, causing the shortening of the 1995 season to 144 games. [79]