Last year, the Yankees won the American League East championship in Boston on the second-to-last day of the regular season.
About a month ago, as the Yankees traveled to Beantown with a 1 1/2-game lead in the division, it seemed like that scenario would play out once again.
Then came a five-game sweep of the Red Sox, and some would say the Yankees won the division then.
Now, in their first meeting since the sweep, the Yankees can literally finish it off.
The Yankees, who hold an 11 1/2-game lead in the American League East, can clinch the division if they win three of four games in the series. It's one of the only storylines in what now seems like a watered-down version of baseball's best rivalry.
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