His regular-season numbers are historic. But the Yankees captain has fallen short in his ultimate goal: to lead his team to a title.

NEW YORK-- "It's right in front of us." If you've followed the Yankees over the last seven years, or heck, even if you don't care about the Yankees but simply keep tabs on baseball on the internet, then you've heard manager Aaron Boone utter those words.

The Yankees deserve credit for grinding out a 6-5 win over the Royals in Game 1 of the American League Division Series but the victory left a lot of open questi