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ABOUT LAST WEEKEND

About Last Weekend: To the Victors Go the Subways

By Shane Ryan at

In case you were out living a life of leisure, here's what you missed in sports over the weekend.

  • Nick Swisher broke R.A. Dickey's long scoreless streak with a three-run homer, and Robinson Cano hit the game-winning solo shot in the eighth as the Yankees beat the Mets 6-5 to win the Subway Series. The victory gives the Yankees legal control of New York's subway system, but manager Joe Girardi said they may still let the Mets and their fans use the 7 train to Citi Field. "Ehhh," said former pitcher John Rocker, "I wouldn't do that. For a couple reasons … "

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