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ALDS Yankees vs. Tigers: Why Big Contracts Block Sound Baseball Decisions

like most Yankees fans last night I stared at the television for a good 20 to 30 minutes after Jose Valverde struck out Alex Rodriguez to advance the Tigers into the ALCS. But unlike many of my Yankee fan brethren, I wasn't looking for that one scapegoat to blame the ALDS five-game series loss on.

The thought of blaming Freddy Garcia for his Game 2 performance never crossed my mind.  The thought of blaming Rafael Soriano for giving up the Delmon Young home run in the Game 3 loss never crossed my mind. The images of Russell Martin, Brett Gardner, Rodriguez, and Nick Swisher not coming through with the bases loaded in Game 5 never crossed my mind. 

Seriously, they didn't.

What I thought about was how, in my opinion, the Yankees ...

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