The Truest Yankee

It’s easy to lambaste the skipper who yanks a pitcher after 8 shutout innings. Especially when those innings required just 87 pitches. But let’s face it: 20 of those pitches came in the 8th inning, a frame which also featured Bartolo Colon’s only walk of the night. If the other option weren’t the greatest bullpen arm in the game’s history, it would have been 50/50 to send Colon back out. But when Mariano Rivera is available to get three outs, there are very few scenarios in which you don’t use him. And tonight was not one of them.

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