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Hideki Matsui is having residual pain in his surgically repaired right knee and hopes to not be limited during spring training.

Jorge Posada took batting practice yesterday and was hit with the barrel when his bat broke. But the Yankees' backstop just suffered a minor cut.

Derek Jeter was asked how things will be under new manager Joe Girardi...

"I'll call him 'Joe,'" Jeter said Monday during a break from a pre-spring training workout. Jeter famously called Torre "Mr. Torre" or "Mr. T."

Jeter did predict "it'll be fun" with Girardi as manager.

"He's the perfect guy for it," he added. "He's played here, he played under Mr. T, he knows how Mr. T did things.

"He's going to probably have his own style. He's well-prepared, wants to win. He worked extremely hard when he played and worked hard when he was bench coach. He's familiar with the players here, because he was bench coach. All of those things will help him. I think it's an exciting time.

"We're going to miss Mr. T, he did great things here, but you have to move on and Girardi's the perfect guy for it."

Johnny Damon's wife Michelle has posed for this year's Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue in the player's wives section. (Thanks to The Big Lead for that.)

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