"The Yankees, they're not a good team, Martinez said during a Sept. 9 broadcast. I don't care what their record is."
"Contrary to some thoughts up here, we're a really good team, Boone said. I know Buck had some thoughts. That's all I was responding to. He's wrong, but it doesn't matter. We've got to go play, and we've got to go perform as everyone does this time of year."
"[This is] something our guys relish and look forward to, Boone said. I'm sure it's going to be a fun environment to be involved in."
A Blue Jays analyst declared the Yankees were not a good team despite their record. The Yankees used that criticism as motivation heading into the ALDS against Toronto. New York finished the regular season on an eight-game win streak but lost the AL East title to Toronto on a tiebreaker, sending New York to a best-of-three Wild Card Series. The Yankees overcame a 0-1 deficit to defeat the Red Sox in three games, becoming the first team to overturn a 1-0 AL Wild Card series deficit. The ALDS is the first playoff meeting between the clubs; Toronto won eight of 13 regular-season meetings and opened Game 1 at Rogers Centre with a 10-1 victory.
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