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One down, one narrative to go.

The Yankees accomplished the vital first step by saving their season Wednesday night. That moved them to Thursday and a chance to discard the ever-burgeoning perception that in this era they can’t win the kind of series they now will have a chance to win.

Nine innings to either move on or same old Yankees. Nine innings to show that they can stand up in October to someone else in their weight class. Nine innings to fly to Toronto or crumble in an all-too-familiar way at this time of year, which will re-trigger screams for the jobs of Brian Cashman and Aaron Boone and quest

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