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New York Yankees manager Joe Girardi looks on during batting practice before Game 4 of baseball's American League division series against the Detroit Tigers on Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2011, in Detroit.
(AP Photo/Paul Sancya)
Girardi: Yankees rotation main area of concern
New York Yankees manager Joe Girardi looks on during batting practice before Game 4 of baseball's American League division series against the Detroit Tigers on Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2011, in Detroit.
(AP Photo/Paul Sancya)
NEW YORK—Yankees manager Joe Girardi sat in the interview room wearing a pinstriped shirt. This one, however, was of the dress variety with a collar. There was no interlocking NY of the Yankees jersey.
And with good reason: No game to play Tuesday at Yankee Stadium.
Five days after the season ended too soon for an organization determined to win the World Series every year, Girardi cited "luck" 10 times as one of the reasons the offense repeatedly failed to get big hits from sluggers Alex Rodriguez, Mark Teixeira and Nick Swisher throughout the five-game, first-round playoff loss against the Detroit Tigers.
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