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The cold, hard numbers behind the Yankees' cold offense

Curtis Granderson strikes out during the sixth inning

Photo credit: Jim McIsaac

You don't need a set of numbers to know that this Yankees offense is under-producing.

Watching Curtis Granderson swinging and missing at a breaking ball in the dirt, Nick Swisher feebly popping out or Alex Rodriguez confined to the bench could tell you that.

But the scary thing isn't even so much that the Yankees aren't hitting. It's that they aren't hitting with any authority.

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