NL & Some Dude from the Pirates 3, AL & Some Dude from the A’s 1: Looks like little brother is finally filling up those cleats. But they couldn’t have done so without the help of unfrozen Yankee manager Joe Girardi, who left a rather large bullet on the bench in A-Rod. The safe explanation is the Yankees had already scheduled a World Series sweep or a Game 5 clincher with Major League Baseball, and repeating in Yankee stadium is what George M. Steinbrenner would have wanted. The fact that the Yanks once again thought of their fans by planning to do it at home is rather touching.