NEW YORK -- The Yankees' American League East hopes once again are slip, slipping away.
Some of the ground made up on the first place Boston Red Sox last week already has been lost because the Yankees couldn't take care of business at home against one of baseball's worst ballclubs.
As great as the Yankees have been all season - as good as they've been playing with several injured stars on the disabled list - they can't be losing series at Yankee Stadium to the Chicago White Sox in the dog days of August.