Best NYY Playoff Games of Past 25 Years: Tanaka gem and a Bird Bomb

Jan 10 2023 by Pinstripe Alley

 
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In a must-win game for the Yankees, their star pitcher and young first baseman delivered.

There are must-win games, and there are must-win games. Heading into Game 3 of the ALDS in 2017, the Yankees were coming off a loss as heartbreaking as they come. It was do-or-die in Game 3, with Cleveland up two games to none. New York called on Masahiro Tanaka — the man who they signed in 2014 with playoff moments like this mind — and Cleveland went with...

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