Some locals showed up too, peering between the assembled reporters to watch their senator say he would not finish his term.

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While it would be fun to watch the Rays complete the improbable comeback by winning it all, it would hardly be a bummer to watch one of the finest Yankee teams ever assembled, a mix of talented younger players like Brett Gardner and Russell Martin and seasoned pros like Mariano Rivera, A-Rod and El Capitain, Derek Jeter.

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But, instead, all I could do was sit there and watch as resistance and skepticism built and rippled through the assembled group.

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