Published 6/29/2009
by Rebecca Glass
at Bleacher Report - MLB
The past two weeks have been not so much a Tale of Two Teams as it has a Tale of Two Offenses. Both weeks the Yankees pitched decently—certainly well enough that they could have won nearly every game they played—but in the first week of interleague, the team was undone by their offense.
Fortunately, the offense seems to have gotten back on track, and the Yankees have, accordingly, won—now five straight.
Remember, a win is a win, even if it's against the not-as-good-as-they-should-be Braves or the hapless Mets.
The Starting Pitching C.C. Sabathia : Biceps tendinitis be damned. To be serious, the Yankees made the right move in removing him in the game against the Marlins—he is too important of an investment to take any chance.
However, his pitching performance against the Mets, no doubt aided by the Mets' AAA line up (the degree to which it was aided is left to your opinion), removed any doubt as to whether or not Sabathia would have any lasting effects. ...
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