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Girardi on WC chase: ‘The opportunity is there’
- Updated: August 25, 2016
SEATTLE — Joe Girardi won his 800th game as the Yankees’ manager on Wednesday afternoon. The 5-0 victory over the Mariners in the finale of a three-game series gave him that pleasant-looking round number and even provided some lofty company. It turns out that Girardi joins Joe McCarthy (1,460), Joe Torre (1,173), Casey Stengel (1,149), Miller Huggins (1,067) and Ralph Houk (944) in the Yankees’ 800 club.
But Girardi’s reaction to achieving that milestone says a lot about where he finds his club after a road trip in which New York won four of six, taking two of three apiece in Anaheim and Seattle. The young Yankees, who are playing prospects and treating each game as if they’ve got nothing to lose, are still in the American League Wild Card race.
“Like I’ve said, I’ve been blessed with a lot of good teams here, so it’s nice,” Girardi said of his 800th win in pinstripes. “But let’s get 801.”
Not long ago in their schedule, there was an assumption that the Yankees were punting on 2016 and looking ahead to a bright future in which catching prospect Gary Sanchez, outfield prospects Aaron Judge and Tyler …
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