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Original Post: Back to the 80's
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I've been following the Yankees for decades now - I started watching their games on WPIX in New York when I was a kid in the late 60's. Back then they stank - a lot. They improved in the late 70's, and won a pair of World Series - but Steinbrenner drew all the wrong conclusions from those wins. Rather than recognizing the great pitching, he remembered Jackson's home runs. So all through the 80's, he kept looking for just one more lefthander to clinch the deal.
Not coincidentally, the Yankees went nowhere all those years, until 1996. The last 8 years they've been really, really good - and they also had really, really good pitching. Does anyone think that Vazquez and Brown are adequate replacements for Pettite and Clemens? The lineup is still fearsome - but the pitching is anything but.
The only questionable thing for the Sox all night was bringing in Pedro Martinez in the 7th - on short rest, in relief - and at a point whe Lowe had completely handcuffed the Yankees. He gave up 2 runs, but Bellhorn got the Sox back one against Gordon (who's been a punching bag in the ALCS) the next inning. On the Yankees side, I cringed when Gordon came out. The Sox had just man-handled him the entire series; and like clockwork, he gave it up again to make it 10-3.
The Red Sox managed the unthinkable - they came back from a 3-0 deficit and earned a trip to the World Series. Heck, after vanquishing the Yankees they may even win it. Meanwhile, here's hoping the Steinbrenner figures out what the problem is - and here's a tip - it's not hitting...
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