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Despite leading the team to a first place finish in the first half of the season before the 1981 player's strike at 34-22, Gene Michael was fired by George Steinbrenner after starting the second half of the season 14-12 and replaced by Bob Lemon, who finished the season 11-14 for a fifth-place finish. The Yankees made the playoffs nevertheless off their initial first-place finish in the first half and became the AL champs under Lemon before losing to the Dodgers in the World Series.

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