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Girardi: 'I'm extremely blessed'

September 27, 2009 8:50 PM By JIM BAUMBACH jim.baumbach@newsday.com

Quick ReadJoe Girardi's smartest managerial move this year might have been just getting out of the way.

SUNDAY: JOE GIRARDI Meet Joe Girardi, manager of

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Meet Joe Girardi, manager of the Yankees, for an autograph session 5:30-7 p.m at Steiner Sports Store at the Roosevelt Field Mall. Cost: $60-$75. Info at 516-739- 0580, steinersports.com.

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Mere minutes after the Yankees clinched their first division title in ages -- OK, since 2006 -- Joe Girardi made sure to connect with the people who control his fate. And in the course of his brief congratulatory chats with George Steinbrenner, Hal Steinbrenner, Brian Cashman and a handful of other team officials, the Yankees' manager said he had one simple theme. He wanted to say thank you.

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