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New York Yankees: Aging Lineup Will Continue to Struggle Without Brett Gardner

the obvious bonanza of talent up and down the Yankee lineup, one would be hard pressed to not recognize the aging parts. 

Four of the current everyday players for the Yankees (Jeter, Rodriguez, Jones, and Ibanez) are over the age of 35, meaning that, on any given day, almost half the lineup could fit into that geriatric equation.

With this aging offense in 2012, the team has managed to win ballgames with the ultimate chick-digging long ball. While manager Joe Girardi isn’t about to channel his inner Lou Brown and tell his players to stop hitting bombs, the home runs are temporary relief to mask the fact that their situational hitting is beyond putrid.

Dingers are most certainly dandy, but a plan B or even a C and D has ...

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