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Where is the glove?

By Matt Meyers
ESPN The Magazine

Tuesday, March 31, 2009

"Defense wins championships." It's a cliché that gets tossed around in football and basketball, but teams like the 2000 Baltimore Ravens and the late 1980s Detroit Pistons have at least given it some validity. As for baseball, folks typically replace the word "defense" with "pitching," and another cliché is born. But as far as the New York Yankees are concerned, their World Series victories seemed to coincide more with the philosophy that made the Ravens and Pistons champs. De ...

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