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A FEW HOURS BEFORE the Yankees played their 161st game, CC Sabathia sat in front of his locker staring at his iPhone, checking Twitter. Nearby, Joba Chamberlain waited for his iPhone to ring him into a Skype teacher-parent conference about his son. Freddy Garcia walked into the room, with earphones attached to an iPad, staring at the screen.

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Buster Olney | email

Senior Writer, ESPN The Magazine

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• Senior writer ESPN Magazine/ESPN.com
• Analyst/reporter ESPN television
• Author of "The Last Night of the Yankee Dynasty"