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‘One game’ means something very different now for Yankees

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HOUSTON — And suddenly, the mantra is flipped.

One game, Joe Girardi has preached, from the very first hour of October, because that’s when it first applied. One game. Don’t worry about consequence. Don’t worry about ramification. Don’t fret over anything other than the nine innings at hand, the 27 outs necessary to finish the task in front of your face. One game.

“Worry about what you can control,” Girardi has said, time and again, during this remarkable 11-game run to Friday night, to Minute Maid Park, to Game 6 of the American League Championship Series and a chance to wrap up the 41st pennant in team history.