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Red Sox and their fans remain calm as Yankees climb standings

Going into the Yankees' opener of a four-game home series against Detroit on Thursday night, New York and Boston each had 42 games left.

For the Yankees, 20 were at home and 27 were against teams with winning records. For the Red Sox, 21 were at home and only 16 against winning teams.

And Thursday's game began a grueling 14-game stretch for New York -- four games against Detroit, three at the Los Angeles Angels, four in Detroit and three against Boston. The Red Sox have only six games against above-.500 teams in their next 14.

AP (via Yahoo): Red Sox and their fans remain calm as Yankees climb standings
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