Thank goodness Joe Girardi is a fitness buff who was going to work his Yankees into shape or else they would have real injury problems.

Derek Jeter (oblique), Hideki Matsui (hamstring) and Phil Coke (back) all joined an injury list that is bigger than a breadbox and moving darn close to the size of an elephant. Aside from missing both of their catchers, their two prime set-up men, their shortstop, their right fielder, their DH and their No. 2 starter, well the Yanks aren’t missing anything.

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