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Girardi's moves give Angels hope they can get even

Wallace Matthews

Newsday columnist Wallace Matthews

Matthews writes on professional sports, with a specialty in professional

ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Joe Girardi couldn't get the timely hit the Yankees needed Monday. He couldn't make the pitch Andy Pettitte needed to make to keep Vlad Guerrero in the ballpark, or the one Alfredo Aceves needed to keep Jeff Mathis from driving in the game-winning, and maybe series-changing, run.

He couldn't help Brett Gardner do his job, which was to steal second base at a crucial point...

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