Article: 2008 American League preview: Red Sox, Angels and Indians are favored to win division titles with the Tigers edging the Yankees for the wild-card berth in the A.L.

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IT WAS AN INTERESTING OFF-SEASON. The Mitchell report seemed to name every Yankee but Yogi Berra as a steroid or HGH user. Andy Pettitte came clean, kind of, but Roger Clemens might still be pleading his case to Mike Wallace on 60 Minutes.

Kirk Radomski and Brian McNamee, the main informants to former senator George Mitchell, sang so loud they could get jobs at the Metropolitan Opera.

If that wasn't enough of a jolt to the Yankee mystique, manager Joe Tort stepped down after taking them to the postseason for 12 straight years. Former Yankee catcher Joe Girardi replaced Torre, who was quickly hired to manage the Dodgers.

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