BLACK BUZZ SPORTS NEWS SERVICE
New York, New York
October 19, 2010
New York..The Texas Rangers Cliff Lee pitched a masterful two hit shut-out over the Bronx Bombers last night while fanning 13 Yankees. Good pitching has always stopped good hitting regardless of the era in baseball.
Some of the most prominent run stoppers of all time were Steve Carlton, Lou Burdette, Big Don Drysdale, Bob Feller, Whitey Ford, Bob Gibson, Lefty Grove, Dwight Gooden, Walter Johnson, Sad Sam Jones, Juan Marchial, Pedro Martinez, Big Don Newcomb, Leroy Satchel Paige, Jim Palmer, Allie Reynolds, Robin Roberts, Nolan Ryan, Tom Seaver, Bullet Bob Turley, Warren Spahn, Early Wynn, and the greatest of them all, Sandy Koufax. The Aspirin Tablet throwing Cliff Lee now joins that elite club of outstanding former hurlers who pitched in some of greatest contests in the 20th century.
The Texas Rangers are batting a slick 294 while the ever victorious Bronx Bombers are hitting 156 which is a formula for disaster. The Yankee pitchers can't stop the Rangers' brutal attack, and the boys from the Bronx bats are suffering from non-hittingitis.
This indeed is a do or die game tonight for the Yankees, and if they go back to Arlington Texas for the final and seventh game, I feel that the Rangers are going to hit Andy Petit all over the lot, which means the Texas Rangers will be capturing their first World Series title in franchise history.
A.J. Burnett will be starting for the Yankees tonight, and he hasn't pitched a decent game in 82 days. I think the long lay-off has really hurt the Yankee pitchers, and the timing of their batters is atrocious.
Can you imagine the Yankees winning the seventh game facing Cliff Lee in Arlington Texas? This just goes to show that the ball club with the highest payroll in the history of team sports (Yankees) doesn't necessarily have to win the title each and every year.
What did Yogi Berra say? "It ain't over till it's over."
How about those New York Yankees!
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