During his absence, the Yankees finished with a 89-73 record (3rd in AL East).

Competing in the AL East wouldn't be new to him.

Once again, the two teams share first place in the AL East.

In 1992, both teams finished at or near the bottom of the AL East.

Yankees lead in AL East remains one game with a magic number of 4.

For the past five seasons, the AL East has hoarded two of the league's four playoff spots.

The team went 46-31 from that point forward to finish one game ahead of Detroit in the AL East.

He has his money now and will enjoy looking up at Washington and the rest of the AL East for the next 4 years.

A lot is made of the hitter-friendly AL East, a graveyard for pitchers.

Here's to next season and taking down the evil empires of the AL East!