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It was a scary week, but the Yankees shook off their loss to the Red Sox in Game 1 of the Wild Card Series to win the next two and eliminate their archrivals. The Wild Card Series itself is a newer concept—only introduced on an annual basis in 2022—but the Yankees became the first team since then to win one after dropping the opener. Although the special 16-team playoff in the COVID-shortened 2020 featured a couple such upsets, it was one thing to do that in an empty ballpark and another to do it with Yankee Stadium going berserk.

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