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This is Alex Rodriguez's October, and now November, too. Yet even while A-Rod came up with the game-winner Sunday night, this was really the night that signing Johnny Damon away from the Red Sox all those years ago finally paid off for the Yankees.
Tell the truth, what are you going to remember most from this 7-4 victory over the Phillies that pushes the Yankees to the doorstep of a championship?
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