Pedroia: 'We're Not Writing Yankees Off Yet'
28th August, 2008 - 9:51 am
ESPN - Red Sox second baseman Dustin Pedroia hit a grand slam on Wednesday night to help Boston defeat New York 11-3, giving the Sox a seven-game lead over the Yankees for the AL Wild Card, but he's not writing off the Bombers yet, according to Associated Press.

"I never write the Yankees off until the season's over, and the standings are set," Pedroia said. "They've been around too long and been in the playoffs for such a long time that we're definitely not counting them out."

The Yankees haven't missed the playoffs since 1993, but that doesn't seem to matter as New York's postseason hopes go down the tubes.

"It couldn't have been any worse the first two games, but we've got to come back tomorrow," Derek Jeter said. "What we've done before makes no difference." [READ]

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