ESPN's Buster Olney wrote this today about the problems that each of the AL contenders have that could keep them from going all the way. It's an ESPN Insider article so I'll sum up what he had to say about the Yankees.Basically the Yankees problem is A.J. Burnett. No surprise there. He does say that in general he's been throwing the ball well and mixing his breaking ball lately, but that "all of a sudden, out of nowhere, he has either lost his concentration or left some pitches over the middle of the strike zone, and the opposing team has put up a seriously crooked number against him."He also brings up Andy Pettitte's shoulder, which I don't think will be an issue, Joba Chamberlain's inconsistency, which is an issue, and CC Sabathia's struggles in previous Octobers.The Yankees have been baseball's best team this summer, and their world would suddenly looks very different if Sabathia were to lose to Justin Verlander in Game 1 of the AL Di...
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