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Derek Jeter returns to play shortstop, but Joe Girardi still concerned
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MINNEAPOLIS — Joe Girardi said he hasn’t seen Derek Jeter limp “the last few days,” obviously a good sign.
But that doesn’t mean Girardi thinks Jeter, who was back in the field at shortstopMonday night, is past the bone bruise in his left ankle that’s troubled him in recent weeks. “I think it’s a little better but my fear is, it’s just that one step that sends him back to where he was,” Girardi...
