MLB playoffs: Why these Yankees finally won the ALCS

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CLEVELAND -- Here's the resume of one era for a certain big league baseball team.

It's a 14-year period. The team had a .566 winning percentage during that span, most in its league and second-most overall. It never finished below .500. It had the second-most wins at home and on the road. No team had more comeback wins. Only one team scored more runs, and only one had a better run differential. Nobody hit more home runs, and it wasn't particularly close.

Of course, that's all regular season stuff -- what about the playoffs? The answers aren't as glowing, but they are still impressive. Only three teams played more postseason games. Only five won…