LOS ANGELES -- The third-inning ditch Andy Pettitte put the Yankees in with two throwing errors on bunt plays wasn't deep enough to bury his teammates. For all the times Pettitte has guided the Yankees to victory when the batters didn't hit, the veteran lefty was rewarded last night. Down four runs entering the ninth against Dodger closer Jonathan Broxton, the Bombers tied the score 6-6 with one amazing at-bat after another. While Pettitte watched, Robinson Cano's two-run homer in the 10th off lefty George Sherrill carried the Yankees to an 8-6 Yankees win as 56,000 watched at Dodger Stadium.
And boom goes the dynamite! In the words Christopher Wallace: “If you don’t know now you know.” Roby Cano is for real. He did it again last night hitting an extra inning dinger off Torre’s closer. Sorry you don’t have Mariano anymore Joe. We held on to him. I wasn’t even surprised when Cano hit that opposite field bomb last night, it felt routine. That’s how good Robinson Cano is playing this year. I just smiled when he hit a game winning extra inning home run. I was more amused than surprised or excited. I should just start calling out every time he gets up “home run” and my friends will think I’m the next Miss Cleo, until they look and see he’s batting .359 with 15 home runs, 53 RBIs, an on base percentage of .409, and a slugging percentage of a whopping .593! The fact that he was even named after Jackie Robinson should tell you something. His parents knew he was going to be able to hit a bottle cap with a broomstick, let alone a baseball with a bat. He is a stud. Might have to think about moving to the outfield soon Derek. This could be the face of the Yankees new shortstop. Although a part of me wants to see Jeter out in shortstop even if he needed a cane to get to a routine grounder, you have to recognize greatness when you see it. Andy Pettitte goes to an impressive 9-2 on the year. The dude’s having a career year and at 38 years young. Respect.
Note: Check out worthless Chien-Ming Wang in background signing autographs. Kids, you might as well use that signature as toilet paper these days. It's just as useful.
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