Yankees come to grips with slump

Can't Stop The Bleeding found this 5/19/2008 on yankees.lhblogs.com [flag]

Derek Jeter is the king of talking to the media and not really saying much. But when asked whether the Yankees had problems that go beyond A-Rod and Jorge Posada being out, he relied: “It doesn’t matter if people are out. You can bring back Ruth, Gehrig and DiMaggio, other guys have to step up. Every team deals with injuries over the course of the year.” Strong stuff. Then ... [link]

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Published 5/19/2008 by GC at Can't Stop The Bleeding
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