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SAN DIEGO - Andrew Miller would have been happy to set up David Robertson with the Yankees. Now hell get a chance to take over as New Yorks closer.I would have absolutely zero qualms about him being in the mix, Miller said Monday before Robertson agreed to a $46 million, four-year contract with the Chicago White Sox. Honestly, I think hed make us better. Whatever it takes for us to win is what Im on board with.A 6-foot-7 left-hander who is 29, Miller agreed Friday to a $36 million, four-year contract and joins a bullpen that also includes All-Star Dellin Betances, Shawn Kelley and Adam Warren.Robertson saved 39 games in the first season after Mariano Riveras retirement, then left as a free agent after declining the Yankees $15.3 million qualifying offer. Miller or Betances figures to take over the ninth-inning role next season.Im pretty confident in myself. I think I can get three outs at any point in the game, wherever that may be, Miller said during a telephone call with New York reporters. Whatever it is, its fine with me. I want to win. I want to shake hands and high five at the end of the game. If have to get two outs in the sixth, theres value in that. Were starting to finally understand that theres outs in the game that may be more important than the last three outs in the game in the ninth inning.Miller told teams during negotiations that his exact role wouldnt be a factor in his decision.I have no ego and Im ready to fill whatever role is necessary or fits best for the team, he said. If Im handing the ball off to somebody, whoever that may be, I have no problem with that.Miller turned down a $40 million, four-year offer in favour of the New Yorks proposal. He lives in Tampa, Florida, where the Yankees hold spring training.Thats two months I get to spend at home that I wouldnt have otherwise, and thats one less move for my wife and my child to make, he said. So that certainly makes life easier. I dont know that thats the kind of thing that I can put a financial value on.Miller was 5-5 with a 2.02 ERA for Boston and Baltimore and held opponents to a .153 batting average this year. He averaged 14.87 strikeouts per nine innings, second in the major leagues behind Cincinnatis Aroldis Chapman (17.67) among pitchers who faced at least 50 batters.He made his big league debut at the original Yankee Stadium in August 2006, pitching a hitless eighth inning in Detroits 2-0 loss in the opener of a day-night doubleheader. Just 21 years old and only three months removed from college ball at North Carolina, Miller retired Melky Cabrera on a lineout to right, hit Craig Wilson with a pitch, got Johnny Damon to hit into a forceout and induced Derek Jeter to ground out.I think walking to that mound in that stadium is incredible, he said. Nothing could really compare to that old Yankee Stadium and how on top of you the upper deck was. ... To pitch against the Yankees, thats like doing something in the movies. Its hard to recreate or ask for, but its a pretty special experience. Carnell Lake Youth Jersey . Long snapper Patrick Mannelly announced Friday that he is retiring after a 16-year-career with the Bears, a span in which he played in a team record 245 games and snapped the ball 2,282 times. Jack Ham Youth Jersey . A wide-eyed 18-year-old visiting North America for only the second time in his young life, Caboclo immediately noticed the "big tower" his new home is best known for. http://www.steelersrookiestore.com/Steelers-Troy-Polamalu-Jersey/ . has left the San Jose Sharks to become the Boston Bruins director of player personnel. Heath Miller Jersey .com) - The Eastern Conference-leading Toronto Raptors are back in the great white north for a brief moment and will host the Dallas Mavericks Friday night from Air Canada Centre. Mike Wagner Jersey . on the 15-day disabled Monday list because of a strained right hamstring.NEW YORK -- The grievance to overturn Alex Rodriguezs 211-game suspension began Monday before arbitrator Fredric Horowitz. The New York Yankees third baseman was wearing a business suit and accompanied by lawyers when he arrived for the session at Major League Baseballs headquarters in midtown Manhattan. A three-time AL MVP, Rodriguez was suspended Aug. 5 for alleged violations of baseballs drug agreement and labour contract. Because hes a first offender under the drug program and the players association filed a grievance to force an appeal, a suspension cant start until it is upheld by an arbitrator. The union argues the discipline is without just cause and is excessive. If the case doesnt settle, a decision by Horowitz is expected this winter. Rodriguez was among 14 players penalized by MLB this year following the sports investigation of Biogenesis of America, a closed anti-aging clinic in Coral Gables, Fla., accused of distributing bannedd performance-enhancing drugs.dddddddddddd The others accepted their penalties, including former NL MVP Ryan Braun, who missed the seasons final 65 games. Biogenesis head Anthony Bosch was at the hearing to testify -- a publicist released a photo of him in a hallway outside MLBs conference rooms. In Florida, state authorities said they had started a criminal investigation of the clinic. "A subpoena was issued for documents, and we are looking into several areas of state interest," said Ed Griffith, spokesman for Miami-Dade County State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle. Existence of the state prosecutors criminal subpoena was disclosed at a recent hearing in MLBs lawsuit in Miami against Biogenesis, also pending in Miami-Dade County court. Its not known whom the subpoena targeted or what specific documents are being sought. A federal probe involves the sources of drugs the clinic is accused of selling to players. ' ' '