'The Bronx Zoo is Closed'- Klapisch

"For the first time in a decade ...the Yankees are living in a surreal, almost eerie state of calm. There are no controversies waiting for Joe Girardi this spring: his team is defending a world championship, the A-Rod steroids bombshell is almost a year old, and no one’s got a beef with the front office.

• It took 28 minutes for someone to ask Girardi about A-Rod on Wednesday. That alone tells you how quiet this camp will be at the outset....

That angst is so obviously missing in 2010, and the stability at the top makes life easier for Girardi. He doesn’t have to worry about one of the owners going off in the newspapers or getting a threatening phone call from Cashman....

• The long and winding road has deposited the Yankees into that alternate reality. Here, sanity rules. Peace is at hand.
• The Bronx Zoo is closed.

• At least for now."

From NorthJersey.com, by Bob Klapisch, "For once, craziness no longer surrounds bombers" 2/17/10

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