mlb.mlb.com - 17 days ago
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What that trio of Twins pitchers accomplished back in a 1991 Fall Classic that defined such a title, a Yankees bunch that included two New York newcomers (CC Sabathia and A.J. Burnett) and one Big Apple old-timer (Andy Pettitte, of course) matched as the clock at Yankee Stadium read 11:51 p.m. ET on Wednesday night.
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Yankees buck trend with 3-man playoff rotation
Circling The Bases —
[image] By relying exclusively on CC Sabathia, A.J. Burnett, and Andy Pettitte throughout the postseason the Yankees became the first team since the Twins in 1991 to win the World Series while using only three starting pitchers . Minnesota won that year behind the trio of Jack Morris, Kevin Tapani, and 23-year-old 20-game winner Scott Erickson, and in a cruel twist of fate that happens to be the first postseason that I can remember watching. I was eight years old, newly obsessed with the Twins, and living in St. Paul at the time, so naturally it seemed to me that they would be ...
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pinstripealley.com 17 days ago —
I wrote this when I finally got out of bed circa 2:30 in the afternoon.
I'm still trying to wrap my head around it.
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