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class="ui-droppable">When a man is tasked with driving someone else’s car across the country with four slow leaks in its tires, it is not that man’s fault when the car flattens halfway through the journey.

Joe Girardi is in a similar situation.

The New York Yankees are technically still breathing, and that alone shows the kind of job Girardi has done with this club, crippled by injuries, aging players and unrealistic expectations. In almost a repeat of last season, after which the team gave Girardi a four-year extension to remain as manager, the Yankees are on the verge of being eliminated from the American League wild-card race for a second consecutive year and the third time in Girardi’s seven seasons.

As one might ...

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