Don't push me cause I'm close to the edge, I'm trying not to lose my head, - Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five

That is one of the lyrics to one of the more famous songs of 1980s hip-hop. It is a song about more serious social problems that pale in comparison to professional sports.

Since this is about the Yankees it is somewhat appropriate to the situation facing the Yankees at this afternoon.

The Yankees are at the edge as they face a three games to one deficit after getting manhandled by the Rangers. Now the question is will they lose their head (in this case meaning the 2010 season).

It does not look good, especially when Mark Teixeira is lost for the year with a strained right hamstring. It does not look good when an offense is 6-for-39 with runners in scoring position. It does not look good when the one missed fastball location by A.J. Burnett becomes a three-run home run by Bengie Molina.

Does that mean it can't be done?

Anything is possible.

Teams have overcome that kind of deficit and today (October 20) is the sixth anniversary of the greatest comeback in baseball playoff history, the one pulled off by the Red Sox at Yankee Stadium.

Statistically, since the American League Championship Series expanded to a best-of-seven in 1985, 17 teams have held this type of lead and 13 have successfully advanced to the World Series. The ones who did not were the 1985 Blue Jays, the 1986 Angels, the 2004 Yankees and the 2007 Indians.

For the teams that pulled it off, winning those final three games required a big turnaround, especially at the plate:

1985 Kansas City:

Games One through Four:  27-for-129 (.209)

Games Five through Seven: 24-for-99 (.242)

1986 Boston

Games One through Four:   33-for-141 (.234)

Games Five through Seven: 37-for-113 (.327)

2004 Boston

Games One through Four: 30-for-117 (.256)

Games Five through Seven: 30-for-114 (.263)

2007 Boston

Games One through Four: 37-for-137 (.270)

Games Five through Seven: 40-for-105 (.380)

2010 New York

Games One through Four: 26-for-131 (.198)

Games Five through Seven:??

I haven't the slightest idea if the Yankees will become the fifth team to do so in the ALCS. I wouldn't know what to do with the bat against any major league pitcher. That is based on my bat speed during most recent time I stepped in the 80 mph batting cage at the Astoria Sports Complex.

It did not look pretty, especially the managerial decision by Joe Girardi to have A.J. Burnett intentionally walk David Murphy with two outs in the sixth. It was a numbers-based move but it only gets second, third and 10th guessed if Burnett makes a better pitch to Bengie Molina instead of the fastball that was a three-run home run.

"If I make that pitch to Molina then you don’t have to ask that question," Burnett said.

It did not look pretty especially in the eighth when three different relievers were responsible for each of the runners in a bases-loaded, one out situation in a four-run game.

It did not look pretty when Nick Swisher weakly flied out and it did not look pretty when Lance Berkman grounded out.

Still at a four-run deficit, it seemed possible. Just get through Josh Hamilton, whose home runs are an impressive sight. Then when he hits another bomb, the word possible gets two letters placed before it and that's that.

Now the question is it curtains for the Yankees in 2010?

"We have to win a game," Derek Jeter said. "We can’t worry about winning three. Three doesn’t mean anything unless you win one."

That is what the Yankees will attempt.

They will attempt it with CC Sabathia, a man who they are entrusting to be their ace for at least five more years. They will attempt to get an offense going that despite some people post on facebook will miss Teixeira.

If none of those things occur, then the season will be over. If they do and the Yankees do enough on the mound and at the plate to score more runs than the Rangers, a weekend business trip to Texas will be made.

"This series is far from over," Brett Gardner said. "I believe we've got a very, very resilient team. We've got a good lineup. We've got a good pitching staff. We've still got a chance."

The entire world of baseball viewers will soon find out if Gardner's words are correct.