Yanks win.  Mets lose.
Yanks moved to nine games above .500, which must make Joe Girardi whistle while he irons his shirts.  Since November, I’ve been saying that he has until June 1 to be in first place, or at least winning consistently, or else his job was on the line.  Alas, it is done, and now Joe has a whole ‘nother four months to play with, to add and subtract, to shuffle and reshuffle his cards as he will.  There is a new test in keeping up the pace and lengthening the lead now; the next level for Joe is the playoffs.  Now, if he can only get Mark Teixeira to stop breaking to first…
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