Tom Goldman Reports The New York Yankees Clinched The American League

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Published October 13, 1996 at 11:00 PM EDT

Championship Series yesterday with a 6-to-4 victory in Baltimore. This will be the New York Yankee's 34th appearance in the World Series, but the first in 15 years.

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