GIRARDI HAS COKE AND A SMILE
Published 7/4/2009 by By MIKE PUMA at NY Post: Sports
> The Yankees haven't discovered the secret formula for Coke, just maybe one that involves Coke. It's Phil Coke to face tough lefty hitters in the eighth inning and somebody not named Brian Bruney -- preferably Phil Hughes -- to face the rest. For...
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