The New York Yankees were left for dead at the all-star break. The Boston Red Sox and Tampa Bay Rays were cruising in the American League East and New York was fizzling out quickly.

Fast forward to Thursday night and the Yankees had just beaten the Oakland Athletics for their 12th straight win. It marked the first time the franchise had won 12 in a row in 60 years!

Nobody in baseball is as hot as New York and now they are just 4 games back of the Rays in the AL East and they lead the wildcard chase.

The offense for the Bronx Bombers has been rolling and adding Anthony Rizzo and Joey Gallo at the MLB Trade Deadline did wonders.

That last team to win 12 in a row for the Yankees, the 1961 squad, saw their streak reach 13. It's something New York will be aiming for on Friday night against the A's.

Via Manny Randhawa of MLB.com, the lineup that Yankees team had when they hit 13 straight W's on September 12, 1961, looked just a tad different than today's team but featured some prominent names.

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  1. Bobby Richardson 2B
  2. Tony Kubek SS
  3. Roger Maris RF
  4. Mickey Mantle CF
  5. Elston Howard C
  6. Bill Skowron 1B
  7. Hector Lopez LF
  8. Clete Boyer 3B
  9. Ralph Terry P

This version of the Yankees has names in the lineup like Rizzo, Gallo, Aaron Judge, Giancarlo Stanton, Luke Voit, Gary Sanchez, D.J. LeMahieu and plenty of others.

It's an incredible streak the Yankees find themselves on and perhaps most impressive is that it hasn't come against a bunch of bottom feeders. During this streak they have beaten the Chicago White Sox, Atlanta Braves, Boston Red Sox and now, the A's have been added to the list.

Good vibes only for the Bronx Bombers!