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1998 Playoffs

With their ALCS celebration behind them, Jeter (right) and the Yankees now focus on Saturday's Game 1 AP

No work Yankees

Bombers take day off after winning ALCS

Bad news for the San Diego Padres: The New York Yankees will be well-rested when the World Series gets under way Saturday night at Yankee Stadium. "Hopefully," says Yankees pitcher and resident free spirit David Wells, "we can wrap it up in four."
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  • SI's Mark Bechtel on the ALCS: Rockin' and rollin' in Cleveland

  • Indians still waiting for World Series triumph
    Fifty years and counting. The Cleveland Indians had hoped this would be the year their World Series title drought would end. But the wait continues in Cleveland for the Indians and their long-suffering fans.
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    Yanks knock off Tribe 9-5, head to World Series
    The 1998 New York Yankees took another step toward establishing themselves as one of baseball's greatest teams by defeating the Cleveland Indians 9-5 Tuesday night to win their 35th American League pennant.
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    ALCS ratings highest since before strike
    NBC's coverage of the ALCS between Cleveland and New York was the highest for any league championship series since before the baseball strike.
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    Free spirit Wells tabbed as ALCS MVP
    In the buttoned-down world of the New York Yankees -- no facial hair, no names on the backs of the uniforms -- portly southpaw David Wells is a baseball rebel. And by the way, the Most Valuable Player of the ALCS is a pretty good pitcher, too.
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    Yankees' bats wake up at last
    For two weeks, the New York Yankees finessed their way through the American League playoffs, winning games with a minimum of help from their hitters. On Tuesday night, the bats finally showed up.
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    Sloppy fielding dooms Indians
    The ball slipped out of Omar Vizquel's hand, and another season slipped away for the Cleveland Indians.
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    Thome's grand slam lone bright spot for Indians
    Jim Thome quieted Yankee Stadium like it hadn't been silenced all year. Thome's grand slam into the upper deck capped Cleveland's five-run fifth inning off David Cone in Game 6 of the ALCS Tuesday night and seemed to suck the air right out of the storied Bronx ballpark.
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    Yankee fans welcome Indians with Bronx cheers
    Yankees fans had a message for their counterparts in Cleveland on Tuesday night: Hey, don't talk about a guy's dead mom.
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    MORE STORIES

    OCTOBER 13
     Ratings game: Baseball steals slice of NFL audience
    ALCS Game 6 forecast: Cloudy skies, chance of rain
    Knoblauch not worried about fan reaction

    OCTOBER 12
     Indians, Yankees expect wild Game 6
    Justice: `I never asked out of the lineup'
    Cone tries to close out Indians
    Strawberry remains hospitalized
    Wells, Davis help Yanks take control of ALCS

    OCTOBER 11
     Eighth inning in Jacobs Field kinder to Rivera this time
    Wright-Ogea, Ogea-Wright -- no matter
    Wells gives Indians -- and their fans -- the business
    Yankees' ace battles Cleveland's Ogea in Game 5
    Now it's Cleveland facing long odds
    Oh brother! A Hernandez does in Cleveland again
    Gooden again a postseason loser
    Yanks even ALCS with 4-0 win in Game 4
    Ogea instead of Wright for Indians in Game 5

    OCTOBER 10
     Torre turns down Wells' offer to pitch
    Once again, playoffs come down to Hernandez family
    Needy Yankees pit rookie vs. Gooden in Game 4
    Pettitte's postseason funk escalates
    Torre delivers pep talk to Yankees
    Colon masterful in win over Yankees
    Indians belt four homers in 6-1 rout of Yankees

    OCTOBER 9
     Steinbrenner fined for criticizing umpires
    Indians' fans give Knoblauch standing ovation
    Strawberry receives promising prognosis for recovery
    Yanks in mini-slump, away from home for Game 3
    Knoblauch: 'I screwed up the play'
     

    Baseball writer Mark Bechtel previews the ALCS
    AL Division Series recap
    The Scout's View: Yankees
    The Scout's View: Indians


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