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Sixteen video games stay this season between the Purple Sox and their runaway rivals, the Yankees, however there's little cause to anticipate a reversal of the wild end to the 1978 AL East divisional race 44 years later.
It was Don Zimmer’s Purple Sox who constructed a 14-game cushion over the reeling defending World Collection champions by July 19. However the first of George Steinbrenner’s 5 firings of Billy Martin resulted in a livid second-half comeback below substitute Bob Lemon — and a one-game playoff for the division title (Bucky “Freaking” Dent!) — earlier than the Yanks accomplished the repeat with a second straight ouster of the Dodgers within the Fall Basic.
The Yankees now are those holding a 14-game cushion over the Purple Sox (and Rays, with the Blue Jays a further half-game again) within the East as they head to Fenway Park for the primary time Thursday night time since they had been booted within the AL wild-card sport final October.
Gerrit Cole, who lasted simply two innings in that 6-2 season-ending defeat, can be again on the mound for the Yanks towards rookie right-hander Josh Winckowski, the previous Mets farmhand who has posted a 3.12 ERA over his first 5 begins.
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