With midnight approaching, the Baltimore Orioles' bats awoke one more time. Now they have a last shot to finally overtake the New York Yankees.Like Alex Rodriguez, Reggie Jackson was asked to put his ego in check in a playoff game for the Yankees, but their situations were almost reversed.On Wednesday night, Raul Ibañez dramatically bailed out the Yankees after yet another floundering performance by their offense in the ALDS. But in Thursday night's Game 4, there was no such hero, and after their 2-1, 13-inning loss to the Orioles, theIt's true, as I wrote in my Game 4 preview, that the Orioles just can't get past the Yankees, having now tied them eight times since Sept. 4 without once having led them in the divisional race or this series. It's equally true that theJerry Girardi, the father of Yankees Manager Joe Girardi, died Saturday in Metamora, Ill., at age 81.
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