Tyler Clippard is part of that solution, although I'm still doubtful of his long-term potential. He was, however, a nice help yesterday, though as NoMaas points out, who the hell takes out a guy after five innings of one-run ball with 89 pitches? Joe Torre.
Tonight, we get Chien-Ming Wang, who at least is allowed to throw a few pitches, with counts of 113, 109 and 114 in his last three outings.
A year ago, I wrote about the Yankee immunity to injury, largely because they were batting great despite most of the lineup either out or with nagging injuries.
The hitting's been better lately, and outside of a lack of home-run threats, there's not a lot of weaknesses. Or shouldn't be, on paper. The hitting has to carry the pitching for now. Granted, that's been happening for years without better October results. But that's the best the team can do right now.
Side note: Alex Rodriguez, despite not being very old, has now hit at least 20 home runs in 12 consecutive seasons. The key, of course, is that he's hit 35 or more in all but one of those seasons.
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