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 More Yankees NewsYankees LinksYankees manager Joe Girardi fully expects the team to defend their World Series championship this season. "In a sense you're supposed to repeat every year. That's the expectation here. We understand that. ... It's something that the organization has always stood for," said Girardi. "So is there a greater sense of urgency to win this year than last year or the year before? I don't think so. You look at 2010. What we did in 2009 was wonderful, but it all starts over. It takes a lot of hard work. It takes a lot of commitment from everyone in the organization from top to bottom." Despite winning it all, New York did a fair amount of shuffling this winter. Johnny Damon, Hideki Matsui and Melky Cabrera are gone, and Curtis Granderson, Javier Vazquez and Nick Johnson have arrived |
