The Yankees are quickly becoming one of the most over-hyped teams in baseball. Since 2000, what have the New York Yankees done—besides blow almost-guaranteed series victories?

The Yankees have been to the World Series twice since 2000 and they’ve lost both times. In 2001, they lost to the Arizona Diamondbacks and in 2003 the Florida Marlins beat them.

It seems that 2004 was a pivotal season for the New York Yankees. The Boston Red Sox came back—somehow—from death’s door to beat the Yankees in the playoffs. The Red Sox went on to win the 2004 World Series.

Baseball Betting – Sports news hounds have been monitoring the news wires and phone calls since the Detroit Tigers pulled the plug on the Yankees’ season. Would A-Rod be traded? Is Torre Fired? Will the Yankees sign every free agent this off-season? One of these questions was answered today when Joe Torre held said he was coming back next season.

Many had written off the AL playoffs to the New York Yankees. They are just too complete when compared to the other teams. Game one of their series against the Detroit Tigers went pretty much as expected—Yankees won easily. It looked to be going that way again today in game 2. However, the Tigers kept hacking away and runs in the 5th, 6th, and 7th innings helped give them a 4-3 victory over the Yankees.

The Baltimore Orioles scored multiple runs in the 3rd, 4th and 6th innings. The Yankees were unable to respond. After the 2nd inning—they Yankees scored 2 runs by this point—the Yankees bats fell silent. They scored just 2 runs over 7 hits. The Orioles put 12 runs across the plate on 9 hits. They beat the Yankees 12-2.

It was going well until the 6th inning. Randy Johnson was blowing away the White Sox hitters one after another. However, they woke up in the 6th and started catching up to Johnson’s pitches. Soon after giving up a couple of runs, Johnson was pulled. Ron Villone game into the game and got the Yankees to the 7th. Farnsworth came in and the wheels started to come apart.

The New York Yankees beat the Toronto Blue Jays 4-1 today and gained a critical game on the Boston Red Sox. The critical inning of the game was the 4th. In that inning, the Yankees, then training 1-0, put up 4 runs and sealed the victory. It was smooth sailing for Yankees pitchers.

Chien-Ming Wang has picked up his 12th win of the season. He’s 12-4 now. The Yankees had no trouble getting past the hapless Devil Rays—6-0 final. The Devil Rays were mystified by Wang as he continually put them down. Wang allowed just 2 hits and 2 walks on the night. He only had a lone strikeout. Tampa Bay just could not hit the ball.

The Big Unit was on his game today. Randy Johnson pitched six solid innings. He only allowed 2 runs over 7 hits and 2 walks. He also struck out 7 Texas hitters. A-Rod was back at third base for the Yankees and he managed to play a game with no errors. The Rangers took an early 1-0 lead, but it was short lived. The Yankees tied the game in the third inning and went ahead for good in the fourth.

The New York Yankees picked up a crucial game today as they outlasted the Toronto Blue Jays 5-4. Going into the sixth inning, the Blue Jays had a modest lead of 4-2. In the sixth inning, the Yankees got back a run and pulled to a 4-3 deficit. In the top of the seventh inning, the Yankees scored two need runs and took a 5-4 lead. In the ninth, the Yankees closed the door by sending Mariano Rivera to the mound. He pitched a quick inning and got his 23rd save of the season.

Mariano Rivera is no longer the Superman he once was. Today, the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Yankees in 11 innings. In the bottom of the 11th, Vernon Wells took a Rivera pitch downtown for the walk off game winner. The sixth inning proved to be the difference in the game. The Yankees had a 3-0 lead going into the sixth, but pitching broke down and the Blue Jays scored four runs.