The Yankees have one obvious skill, one important, indelible skill. And we don’t have to call them the Bronx Bombers to know what it is.

They do hit dingers, tape-measure dingers, wall scrapers, all sorts of dingers.

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They hit an MLB-best 274 dingers in the regular season, and after suffering a rare five-game homer lull at the wrong time, they hit the two biggest dingers of the year in Game 3 of the division series to save themselves. These are homers that kept them going, homers that helped deliver a necessary 9-6 victory Tuesday night over the Jays at a rocking, sold-out Stadium.

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