Like most members of the Yankees’ extended family, Ron Guidry has been glued to his flat-screen television this week, watching the pennant race barrel to the finish line.

Yes, Guidry likes the Bombers’ chances of catching the Blue Jays, who have a three-game lead in the AL East. That’s a heck of an endorsement from a legend who helped drive the mother of all comebacks in 1978 against the Red Sox.

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Then, as now, it took a veteran’s guts at the 11th hour. Guidry has nothing but praise for starting pitchers Max Fried and Carlos Rodón .

And as for the Yankees’ home run hitting capability, he said the league’s perception of the Bombers might be one-dimensional, but it’s deadly accurate.

“When t

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