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Win or Lose, Jeter Will Still Be Engine That Drives Yankees in His Final Season

class="ui-droppable">One night after baseball's league-wide Opening Day, Derek Jeter and the New York Yankees took the field in Houston for the first of 162 games. In 2014, the most interesting 25-man roster in the sport won't be afforded the luxury of navigating through a marathon.

Instead, with the specter of Jeter's retirement hanging over a franchise with enormous expectations, each game—maybe even each inning and at-bat—will take on a bigger feel, accompanied by pressure to perform.



Of course, if any team or franchise can handle that edict, it's the Yankees. On a yearly basis, a playoff-or-bust mantra seems to emanate from the Bronx. 

But this year already feels different.

It would even ...

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