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I would tend to agree, however you're talking about who has thrown 178.1 innings this year. At the very least, it's something to keep an eye on, considering his importance to this team.

Can't like the Yankees chances tonight, especially since Halladay seems to be over his struggles.

CC's poor performance in the playoffs is not a concern for me. First off, I'm of the believe that those kind of things are irrelevant. I feel the same way with A-Rod. Second, even if you do believe in it, it's such a small sample size. In 2007 he had one really bad start and two mediocre starts. In 2008 he had one bad start, but it was his fourth straight game on three days rest. That probably led to his subpar control and two out walk to Brett Myers. CC might pitch poorly in the playoffs, but it will have absolutely nothing to do with his lack of success the past two years.

I figured this was worth it's own thread because of the significance of the player. He's being skipped till next Monday because of shoulder fatigue. Apparently it contributed to his bad start last Friday. He threw a bullpen yesterday and felt fine, and he won't throw again till Friday. The Yankees' believe it's not serious. I basically summarized from here: http://yankees.lhblogs.com/ This reminds me of El Duque in 2004. He was supposed to really contribute in the playoffs after being surprisingly good in the regular season, and he came down with shoulder fatigue about a week before the playoffs. He only ended up starting once in that postseason, and was pretty shaky, not even finishing five innings. Obviously, they need Pettitte to be healthy to have their best shot at winning in the playoffs this year. If he's out, they would have to slot Chamberlain into the ALDS rotation. But even worse than that, if they make it out of the ALDS, they would need a fourth starter for the ALCS. I would imagine that they wouldn't trust someone like Sergio Mitre or Chad Gaudin, and they would give it to Alfredo Aceves. Either way, it would present a huge problem. I'm getting ahead of myself, but having a healthy Pettitte is key.

I'd love to see Fernando Rodney setting up here next year, but I don't know if he would want to do that.

Derek Jeter really needs to stop bunting.

Go to Hughes, Joe... EDIT: Wonderful. Phil Coke to face a right handed hitter. EDIT 2: Wow, Phil Coke got a lot of help.

Nice Robbie. Lets not let the guy who already has homered and doubled bat...

This is f***ing ridiculous. This team is really playing poorly. The mental errors are piling up, and the bunts are killing them.

This is becoming absolutely ridiculous.

Good for del Potro, but, all things considered, so disappointing.

That's unbelievable to me. Tie game. Fifth inning. Singles hitter up with a runner on third and one out. Two strikes on the hitter. And Girardi does not have the infield in.

Really terrible job by the American crowd. Not just that out call, but they are way too loud even during some of the points.

Really frustrating to watch Joba get beat by Vlad on his third best pitch with two strikes.

One game from the match.

And del Potro, out of nowhere, breaks. A love game too. Looks like we might see a fifth set.

Oh wow. That is pretty awful. Another missed break chance for Roger.

With this whole challenge fiasco they ought to just find a way for Hawkeye to just make the calls.

Never saw that coming. Roger is really fired up. Really surprised to see him react to a double fault like that.

I can't believe they just caught Roger cursing. That's too bad, but everyone is human. Regardless, that is a terrible job by the chair to let him challenge that.

And Roger blows another service game he led 30-love.

del Potro has just started to look so much better as this match has progressed. In a lot of way, this match really does remind be of the 2007 Wimbledon Final. I just hope it ends with the same result.

For the second day in a row the Yankees have their full lineup in. I guess someone finally reminded Girardi that the Yankees haven't clinched yet.