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One notable distinction between Joe Girardi and his predecessor, Joe Torre, is how much more Girardi emphasizes not overtaxing his relievers.

Few scenarios in baseball are so unnerving as the lack of reliable late-inning relief, and few places are so inhospitable to that uncertainty as the back pages of the New York tabloids.

TAMPA, Fla. -- Mariano Rivera may be as cool a customer as you'll ever meet, but even he remembers the thrill of boarding a flight leaving Florida in the spring of 1996, his status on the Yankees' Opening Day roster cemented for the first time.

Most of the times, MLB teams do a pretty good job retiring the numbers of legendary players and managers.

After signing CC Sabathia , the left-handed ace has given the Yankees everything they could have dreamed of, including a World Series ring to go along with elite production in every sense of the word.