More than two months into the season, Joe Girardi looks a lot like Joe Torre. Girardi, too, will always go first and often to his old reliables, before foraging elsewhere on the bench or in the bullpen.

You get the feeling that if Bernie Williams were in the vicinity, Melky Cabrera wouldn't be getting much playing time.

You can't blame Girardi, really. Who would you rather send out to the mound in the ninth inning of a close game, Mariano Rivera or Kyle Farnsworth? Who would you rather have playing shortstop on a day game after a night game, Derek Jeter or Alberto Gonzalez? Who would you rather have catching, a slightly sore Jorge Posada or Jose Molina?

Those are rhetorical questions. We all know the answers, and that is why Girardi arguably has overused his core players, the ones who still remember what it feels like to win championships. He wants to play them. They want to play, at any cost. And so you have a worrisome situation which may grow worse by August or September, if you are inclined to think negatively.

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