News Source: Miami Herald
| 20 days ago
Philadelphia Phillies (9-5) at New York Yankees (10-4), 7:57 p.m. The Sports Network The New York Yankees turn to Andy Pettitte on short rest this evening, as they try once again to lock down their 27th World Series title when they play Game 6...
News Source: The Hartford Courant
| 20 days ago
In fact, it's a strategy as old as baseball and it often prevails on every level. Managers try to maximize their best pitchers when a championship is in the balance and bring them back on short rest. "I don't think it's that big a deal, I really don'...
News Source: Star Phoenix
| 20 days ago
There's no pitcher that New York Yankees fans would love to defeat to clinch a record-stretching 27th World Series title more than Pedro Martinez, a long-time Yankees nemesis with the Boston Red Sox. So expect passion at a fever pitch tonight at...
News Source: The News Journal
| 20 days ago
The last time Andy Pettitte pitched on regular, four-day rest was Sept. 5...Now the lefty has been officially tabbed to pitch the Yankees to their 27th World Series championship. He will start on three days rest for the first time since he pitched...
News Source: The News Journal
| 20 days ago
It doesn't take much anymore for Cole Hamels to show that he is a mental wreck, that he is so flummoxed over his inconsistent season that there is no way the Phillies can trust him with starting a deciding Game 7 of the World Series at Yankee Stadium.
News Source: The News Journal
| 20 days ago
When Pedro Martinez walks to the mound tonight at Yankee Stadium and places the weight of the Phillies' season on his right shoulder, his first pitching coach will be watching from a couch in Vero Beach, Fla. And even now, after all these years, Guy...