Thanks to the Daily News for this gem.

In case you haven’t realized, the Yanks open a 3 game series at the Stadium today. The Sox are just 5 games behind in the loss column, 5.5 games overall. They are playing very well as the Yanks have seem to set themselves on cruise control early last week before winning 2 of 3 in Anaheim.

Having already clinched a spot in the postseason, the Yankees have an opportunity to lock up the AL East by knocking off the second-place Red Sox themselves instead of relying on other teams to help reduce their magic number.

“We know that we can get the job done this weekend,” Mariano Rivera said. “It would be nice to do that at home.”

The Yankees have had Boston’s number in the second half in much the same way the Red Sox manhandled the Bombers before the All-Star break, when they started the season with eight straight wins over the Yanks.

Game on!