Why does New York Yankees set their mlb playoff schedule?
Yanks waiting to learn first-round opponent Tigers, Twins and even the Rangers looming for Bombers By Anthony DiComo / MLB.com NEW YORK — It was merely three years ago that the Yankees last played postseason baseball in Detroit, at a time so laden with frustration that Alex Rodriguez was dropped to eighth in the order for the 2006 American League Division Series’ decisive Game 4. Those were hardly happy times for the Bronx Bombers. Now that the Yankees have clinched the best record in the AL, however, and home-field advantage throughout the postseason, they can look to what might be a shot at revenge. If the Tigers fend off the Twins to wrap up an AL Central crown and the Red Sox become the AL Wild Card entry, then New York will play Detroit in the first round of the playoffs again. Owning the best record, the Yankees normally would play the Wild Card team in the first round. But because the likely Wild Card team, the Red Sox, is in their di
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As a reward for compiling the best record in the American League, the Yankees (102-57) get to choose what schedule they want for their first-round division … Sources: http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&ct2=us%2F0_0_s_0_0_t&usg=AFQjCNFNOGASnpFWszfn7-aZCpRYZjr-Kw&cid=1440508582&ei=F7jEStCMAYG29AT794Js&rt=SEARCH&vm=STANDARD&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.detnews.
