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Jeter not in pinstripes hard to see

Don’t you love the New York Yankees suddenly practicing fiscal responsibility when it comes to re-signing Derek Jeter?

Next thing you know the federal government is going to ask us to tighten our belts to save it from itself.

Oops.

Point is, the Yanks have been the drunken sailors of professional sports since leisure suits and Mr. T starter kits ruled major league clubhouses. They’ve run through more money than M.C. Hammer, Enron and AIG in pursuit of world championships, of which they’ve won exactly one the past decade.