NEW YORK — You are Aaron Boone and the curtain is about to rise on October. You had a shot at the AL East, but then came the Tigers who were a buzz saw in cleats. Reality set in.

Suddenly, the season comes down to the Wild Card Series. It’s you and the Red Sox. The only question is whether this blood war will play out in the Bronx or at Fenway.

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