Wallace Matthews has covered New York sports since 1983 as a reporter, columnist, radio host and TV commentator. He covers the Yankees for ESPNNewYork.com after working for Newsday, the New York Post, the New York Sun and ESPN New York 98.7 FM. Follow Wallace on Twitter »Chat archive »Follow on Twitter
NEW YORK -- It's that time of year again, the time when three games between two teams in different leagues take on exaggerated importance, and it's not the World Series.
