Girardi: Group effort needed to fill void left by Jeter

"I think there's a number of guys, I really do. But I don't think it will be one leader," Girardi said. "I think it will be a group of leaders. When I played here in the '90s, we didn't really have a captain. We didn't have one guy. We had a lot of...

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Yanks have quite a few players with uncertain futures

His time in New York appears to be over -- Ichiro sidestepped a question about his willingness to return, saying, "That might be a question that you shouldn't ask right now" -- but he said that he does want to continue playing. "Obviously, a lot of...

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Jeter's career ends with love, emotion

"It was very, very surreal," said Jeter, his Yankees gray road uniform shed for one last time, replaced by a charcoal gray suit. "Yankee fans travel. Let's get that straight. They travel everywhere we go. But to have fans saying good things about you...

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Cashman contacts A-Rod regarding his return in '15

"He's going to plan on working with our staff in Tampa at some point this winter," Cashman said. "He looks forward to reintroducing himself in a positive way for us going forward." Cashman said that he does not know what to expect, production-wise,...

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Girardi proud of players, but disappointed in club's results

"I told you all along I was proud of them, but I just wanted to let them know what we expect next year," Girardi said after Saturday's 10-4 loss to the Red Sox at Fenway Park. "None of us are happy that we're not playing next week. "These guys played...

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One final baseball hurrah for the Yankees' captain

He feels an obligation. Will his heart be in it? That's a tough one. If we're being brutally honest, you probably know the answer to that one. Because it's Derek Jeter, he'll try to get there. That's what pros do. He'll go through all the routines...

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Unsure of future, Kuroda seeks advice from Pettitte

It offered him encouragement and inspiration to keep going, and so as Kuroda wrapped up a 199-inning campaign with eight frames of two-run ball against the Orioles, he told Pettitte that he was proud to have pushed himself for another year. "Before...

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Emotionally spent Jeter takes rare break

"I'm not playing," Jeter said. "I don't know if I could play tonight if I wanted to play tonight. I haven't slept much. I don't think I really slept, maybe a couple of hours. It's been a wide range of emotions the last few hours." He'll be back in...

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Yanks open Jeter's final series with win over Sox

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Jeter's farewell played out just as fans imagined

He hadn't scripted any of it. He couldn't have. As he said later, "I was a mess." He'd gone up the tunnel behind the Yankee dugout a couple of times during the game, away from his teammates, and cried. He almost broke down driving to Yankee Stadium...

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Final home game is Jeter's last at shortstop

"I don't know about tomorrow. I'm not sure. I will play, but I hope that people can respect my decision on that. I've only played shortstop for my entire career, and the last time I want to play it is tonight." Manager Joe Girardi said that he would...

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Jeter's hit is big relief for Yanks closer Robertson

Soon enough, Jeter would rewrite the happy ending with a signature walk-off single to right field, bailing out Robertson's blown save. "[I went] from pretty much the all-time low to all-time high," said Robertson. "Thankfully the game was still...

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Stage set for Jeter's farewell to home fans

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Fenway perfect backdrop for Jeter's sendoff

Unlike all those other Red Sox-Yankees moments, this time, there'll be no loser. No pennant will be blown, no division lost. Rather, it will be a celebration of one man's life and times. Beyond that, it will be a celebration of baseball. In the...

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Stoic Jeter starting to feel weight of moment

Now every at-bat comes with a standing ovation. A routine groundout on Wednesday was followed by a sellout crowd chanting his name and demanding a curtain call. Normalcy? Forget about it. "I'm aware of it," he said. "You can't help but notice. I...

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Yanks pitchers set club mark with 1,319th K

{"content":["rivalries_east" ] } McCarthy fans eight batters 1:00 9/23/14: Brandon McCarthy pitches 5 1/3 innings, allowing five runs on 11 hits and no walks while striking out eight batters By Bryan Hoch / MLB.com | | NEW YORK...

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Yankees' hopes slim, but Jeter keeps hitting

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