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For a year, "Break Up the Yankees" has been baseball's war cry. Too smart, too smooth, too powerful, the "greatest machine in the history of baseball" made other clubs in the American League look like Model Ts racing a Miller Special. Last week the question might have been raised: Is New York still in the league?*The mighty Yankees, odds-on favorites to win their league pennant for the fifth year in a row, chugged along in last place—with only seven victories in 21 games. They had not broken up, but they had, at least...

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