CC Sabathia put the New York Yankees on his back and carried
his team across the finish line.
Yes, it’s just the first playoff step in what the Yankees hope
will end up being a World Series championship. But it was an incredibly tough
division series against the pesky Baltimore Orioles, who look like they are
ready to fight for American League East supremacy for years to come. But the
Yankees have an ace in the hole in CC and it is such a comfort to the Yankees
and all of Yankees Universe to know that Sabathia will never buckle under the
pressure.
CC was dominant in a game when the Yankees desperately
needed domination. They scored enough runs to make it work, but that’s only
because Sabathia throttled the young Orioles. The Yankees ace came within a
third of an inning of pitching two complete games in the division series. In
this day and age, that’s a remarkable accomplishment. And all you need to know
about Sabathia is that there was no conversation about him going out to finish
his game, even after his bumpy 8th inning. Knowing his bullpen was
spent after two consecutive extra-inning games, Sabathia demanded the ball and closed his own game.
Thanks for the ride, big guy.
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