Article: The crash of '07; While the Red Sox have lost five of their last six, the Yankees have won 11 of 13 to pull within 1-1/2 games in the AL East.(SPORTS)

Byline: Bill Ballou

COLUMN: BASEBALL

There can't be anything more difficult than being the only salmon swimming downstream at spawning time, and like most athletes, baseball players really enjoy thinking like all the other salmon.

So it comes as no surprise that, as the Red Sox stumble through their worst stretch of baseball this season, their players are concerned about their team losing momentum as the postseason nears. After all, how can anyone be against momentum?

"We can prove what kind of team we are by winning," Mike Timlin said in Toronto on Wednesday night, right after another painful Boston loss. "It's important. We have to ...

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