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It seems to be the best way to describe the Yankees this season. Mike Mussina. Five innings, three runs is just inadequate. Five hits (none by Derek Jeter, snapping his 17-game streak) against a last-place team is inadequate. Killing the bullpen two days in a row, to the point where Roger Clemens is pointlessly used, but Mariano Rivera never gets to the mound, is inadequate.

The Yanks are seven back in the wild-card. But Cleveland, while nothing special, is on the upswing. This team, sad to say, isn't. The big winning streak was great. But they are 3-6 since winning nine in a row. Now, 12-6 baseball the rest of the way will get them places. The question is, which Yankee team will show up?

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