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Girardi needs to give it a rest

By Gene Wojciechowski
ESPN.com

Saturday, October 31, 2009

PHILADELPHIA -- Turns out there are some things George Steinbrenner's money can't buy. I just never thought one of those things would be a fourth starter. The planet's richest baseball team forgot to purchase a No. 4 starting pitcher. So that means this World Series could depend on an act of calculated desperation -- and three New York Yankees forced to pitch the remainder of the series, however long it lasts, on short rest. Yankees manager Joe Girardi is giving every indication that he'll pus ...

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