Here are the Yankees' best late-year rallies

As down a season as this has been for the Yankees, they found themselves two games above .500 entering last night’s matchup with the Angels — which ended too late for this edition. Unfortunately, they were still seven games behind the Athletics and Rays for the two Wild Card playoff spots.

The postseason isn’t out of the question yet, but they’ll need to make a move soon if they hope to become the first Yankee team to reach the playoffs after being at least seven games out of a playoff spot on Aug. 11. Perhaps manager Joe Girardi could refer to the following four seasons in which the Bronx Bombers made up the most ground after Aug. 11.