The Clincher!
I remember being thrilled in 1995 that the Yanees took the wild card because it meant I would finally see Don Mattingly in the playoffs. 1996 made the '97 wild card seem cheap, but this one is very special to me. Special because I didn't think we would ever see it. 21-29 and left for dead, Chase Wright, Matt DeSalvo and 50 starts by rookies during the year, Shelly Duncan, Hughes' hamstring, Joba and now this. I can't remember a season like this and once again we can look forward to October.
Give Joe Torre a lot of credit for this. Just like Bob Lemon in 1978, Torre provided the right demeanor for this team to thrive. I don't know what will happen to Joe, but if this is it, he went out on a high note, no matter what happens from here. But, that's for another day, for tonight just sit back and enjoy.
Comments
Peter,
Any idea what the rotation is going to be this weekend?
I'll be at the game on Saturday and was hoping to see Clemens.
He was in line to start before his latest injury.
I'm assuming Mussina will get atleast 5 innings this weekend at some point, but who else are we looking at?
DeSalvo, Karstens, Wright?
Posted by: Tripp | September 27, 2007 09:37 AM |
Tripp- It should be Mussina, Pettitte and Igawa. Pettitte's start on Saturday is probably the biggest question because it could prevent him from pitching Game 1 of the ALDS. Then again Torre loved putting Andy in Game 2 in the past, so I bet you see him pitch five innings on Saturday and then we see him next Friday in Game 2.
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