Selling Short: Will Pettitte Be Better Than Burnett on Three Days’ Rest?
September 2, 2010
by Ed Price
Filed under: Yankees, MLB Playoffs, World Series
PHILADELPHIA — Ready and willing is one thing.
Able is another.
“Oh yeah,” Andy Pettitte said with a definitive nod when FanHouse asked if he’d be able to pitch Game 6 of the World Series on short rest. “Whenever they tell me to pitch.”
But how will it go?
CC Sabathia was fine on three days’ rest in Game 4. A.J. Burnett — less durable than Sabathia but younger than Pettitte — was awful in Game 5.
Game 5: Phillies 8, Yankees 6 | Box Score | Series Home
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Trio With Uncertain Future Makes Yankees’ Present Awfully Sweet
September 2, 2010
by Ed Price
Filed under: Yankees, MLB Biz, MLB Playoffs, World Series
NEW YORK — None of them were on the field Wednesday when Robinson Cano threw out Shane Victorino to clinch the Yankees‘ World Series championship.
And no one should be surprised if neither Hideki Matsui, Andy Pettitte nor Johnny Damon are on the field in Tampa, Fla., next February for Yankees’ spring training.
But this championship would not have happened without them.
All three are potential free agents. And all three may wind up leaving the Yankees, for various reasons.
Game 6: Yankees 7, Phillies 3 | Box Score | Matsui MVP
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Yankees Capture 27th World Series Title
September 2, 2010
Filed under: Phillies, Yankees, MLB Playoffs, World Series
NEW YORK (AP) — Paint the town in pinstripes! Nearly a decade after their dynasty ended on a blooper in the desert, the New York Yankees are baseball’s best again.
Hideki Matsui tied a World Series record with six RBIs, Andy Pettitte won on short rest and New York beat the Philadelphia Phillies 7-3 in Game 6 on Wednesday night, finally seizing that elusive 27th title – the most in all of sports.
It was the team’s first since winning three straight from 1998-2000.
Fletcher: Phillies Abdicate Throne | Moore: Yanks Quit Playing Games
Price: Uncertain Future for N.Y. Trio | Olson: Phillies Fade Into Night
Box Score | Matsui MVP | A-Rod Finally a Champ | Fans Rejoice in Victory