Clinching in New York

post from The Ghost of Babe Ruth on 03 November 2009 02:21:00 PM. © The Ghost of Babe Ruth

Well, my boys did their fans in New York a nice favor by dropping that game yesterday. Now, when they finally clinch it, they'll do it in front of 50,000 screaming fans instead of a quiet opposing stadium.

I can tell you from personal experience that it's much more special to clinch the World Series at home. As you know, I won 7 World Series as a player (3 with Boston, 4 with the Yankees), but we only clinched 3 of them at home, including only one of my Yankee championships.

(I know, doesn't it seem like I should have won more World Series titles? Berra won 10, Dimaggio won 9, but I only won 7. Joe knows not to talk to me about it. He actually doesn't talk much to anyone about anything, including to Marilyn. But we see them together all the time, just staring into space. Very sweet, I guess.)

Anyway, I was watching the game with Cravath last night and he was feeling pretty emboldened by the victory. He thinks that Giraldi made a mistake by going with a 3-man rotation. It showed last night with AJ, and he thinks Andy Petite is going to be tired tomorrow, too. If the Phillies win that one, then it's anything goes.

Now, I'm not one of those old-timers who thinks today's players aren't tough enough or strong enough. Hell, if I had to bat against all those sliders and cutters and one-inning relief specialists, I'm sure I wouldn't have hit 714 home runs--maybe more like 700 or so, but definitely not 714.

But I don't think Giraldi made a mistake. He has that strong bullpen which should be able to shut down the Phillies in case the starters falter, and last night they just didn't. The offense did its part by scoring 6 runs. Now it's time for the pitchers to pick them up.

Yankees in six, mark my words!

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