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Can Brett Gardner Have a Dave Roberts-Like Impact for the Yankees in the Race?

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A good pinch runner can make a huge difference in a must-win game, and this is something that the New York Yankees know as well as anyone. It's a lesson they learned way back in 2004, and their teacher was none other than Dave Roberts.

Roberts, as both Yankees and Red Sox fans well know, was the one who stole second base in the ninth inning of Game 4 of the 2004 ALCS off of Mariano Rivera, eventually coming around to score the tying run. From there, it was pretty much downhill for the Yankees, who would go on to become the first team in major league history to blow a 3-0 lead in a postseason series. 

Here we are eight years later, and the Yankees are toying with the idea of having their very own Dave Roberts for the stretch run of the ...

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