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Ryan Howard (left) and Albert Pujols (Photo credit: Wikipedia) The New York Yankees are not the only team happy that April is finally over, as a few other MLB teams are hoping to turn things around in May. So, here is a quick list of the Yankees and three other troubled teams who should be much better than they were in April: 1 -  Back in Spring Training, the New York Yankees were inundated with good pitching. Well, I don’t think skipper Joe Girardi anticipated that over the first month he would lose his newest star, Michael Pineda for the season; Phil Hughes and Freddy Garcia to be completely ineffective; and now banking-on Andy Pettitte’s return to his All-Star self after a year off. Fans can pray that either DJ Mitchell or David Phelps will be the Yankees version of the Knicks Jeremy Lin. Hey you never know until you try. 2 -  The Los Angeles Angels are yearning for Albert Pujols to hit his first homer as a Halo; and you can expect the rest of the anemic offense to follow when...
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