Red Sox, Braves lead by only 1 game with 3 to play (AP)

Never in the long history of Major League Baseball has any team held a lead in September of eight games or more for a postseason berth and failed to clinch. Got that? Never happened. Not even once. And yet it could happen twice in 2011, because the Boston Red Sox and Atlanta Braves are teetering on the verge of collapsing in the season's final month the way no club has before.

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Red Sox rally, beat Yankees in 10, take East lead (AP)

The New York Yankees were on the verge of leaving Boston with the division lead and a chance to salvage what had been a lost season against the Red Sox. Then Mariano Rivera blew a save in the ninth inning, and David Ortiz started another rally in the 10th to give Boston a 3-2 victory and put the Red Sox back on top of the AL East.

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Red Sox rally, beat Yankees in 10, take East lead (AP)

The New York Yankees were on the verge of leaving Boston with the division lead and a chance to salvage what had been a lost season against the Red Sox. Then Mariano Rivera blew a save in the ninth inning, and David Ortiz started another rally in the 10th to give Boston a 3-2 victory and put the Red Sox back on top of the AL East.

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Interleague baseball roundup: A look at Friday’s games (The Canadian Press)

The Boston Red Sox are on the verge of finally pulling themselves out of the hole they dug with that 2-10 start.

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Fan’s take: What Yankees fans should take away from the opening week of the season (Associated Content)

It was a pretty good opening week for New York Yankees fans. Personally, the greatest joy for me was seeing the Red Sox Nation look like it is on the verge of a collective nervous breakdown after the team started the season 0-6.

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BLS poll: Can the Yankees or Phillies complete their comebacks? (Yahoo! Sports)

Both Game 5s are in the LCS history books and both clubs on the verge of elimination earned stayin' alive...

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Source: Yankees on verge of acquiring Berkman (The Canadian Press)

Houston Astros first baseman Lance Berkman(notes), left, talks with hitting coach Jeff Bagwell, right, during batting practice before a baseball game against the Milwaukee Brewers Friday, July 30, 2010 in Houston.

NEW YORK, N.Y. - Lance Berkman is headed to the New York Yankees, who plan to complete a deal to acquire the former all-star from the Houston Astros on Saturday, a day after the World Series champions obtained outfielder Austin Kearns from the Cleveland Indians.


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AP source: Yankees on verge of acquiring Berkman (AP)

Lance Berkman is headed to the New York Yankees, who plan to complete a deal to acquire the former All-Star from the Houston Astros on Saturday, a day after the World Series champions obtained outfielder Austin Kearns from the Cleveland Indians. New York will send a couple of prospects to the Astros, likely to be reliever Mark Melancon and infielder Jimmy Paredes, and Houston will pay part of what...

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