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Toronto Blue Jays shortstop Bo Bichette hits a three-run home run in the second inning of Tuesday's win over the Reds in Cincinnati.

A month ago, the New York Yankees were finished. They’d gone 14-25 since July 1, and fans had started wearing paper bags on their heads to games. Their manager, Aaron Boone, was reduced to begging his players to be better through the press.

“I wholeheartedly believe we are going to get rolling and turn this thing around,” Boone said. This sounds like what you say to your kid after he fails algebra for the third time.

Sadly, the Yankees players responded. New York hasn’t been great, but in that way it does, it refuses to let its season die. That makes this a good time for the Blue Jays to put a stake in New York’s heart.

The Yankees are the Cana

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