The last two AL Cy Young award winners in Cliff Lee and CC Sabathia.
Two teams with good starting pitching and potent line-ups.
Edge to the Yankees. They have the better bullpen and the home field advantage.
The Yanks are 36-8 at home since the All-Star break including 5-0 in the playoffs.
That kind of mark is unheard of in pro sports and especially in baseball.
The old Yankee Stadium sure had a lot of mystique but the pinstripers are getting mighty comfortable in their new digs.
Quick Pick: Yanks in 6
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Tough loss for the Niners but there were some serious glimpses in the second half.
Alex Smith found Vernon Davis three times for touchdowns and Michael Crabtree looked ready to step right into the NFL game.
That sentence looks weird in print since Crabtree has been a Niner less than 20 days and the San Fran brass has been waiting for the Smith-Davis connection to materialize for years since both were first round selections, but as they say, better late than never right?
But more on Crabtree.
He finished with 5 catches for 56 yards and had another 25-yarder wiped away on a penalty.
He ran crisp routes, was strong on the ball and opened up some lanes for Josh Morgan.
Which brings me to this.
How many games did it take Crabtree to out-produce the Raiders Darius Heyward-Bey who went three picks higher in the draft?
Just one.
Crabtree has five catches, Heyward-Bey has four in seven games.
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