Well, NY Daily News went with the headline that I knew they were going to use after last night's strong performance by rookie pitcher Tyler Clippard . If they hadn't, another paper would have and if they didn't, I surely would have used it. For those who don't get the reference, Yankee great Joe DiMaggio was known as the Yankee Clipper back in the 50s. No, I have no idea what a Yankee Clipper means.
Tyler Clippard pitched very well in his major league debut last night against the Mets. Clippard gave up 1 run and 3 hits through 6 innings. He struck out 6 batters and kept the Mets off balance all night. When he left after the 6th inning, he had retired 17 batters in a row. Of course, Joe Torre didn't keep him in though and continued to show a ridiculous belief in our crappy bullpen. Thankfully they didn't blow it for Clippard.
Lost in the fact that the Yankees are 10+ games behind the Red Sox and four games under .500 is the fact that many of our young arms (Karstens, Clippard, Hughes) have pitched really well in pressure situations this season. Hey, ya gotta look on the bright side when your team stinks.
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I thought Torre made the right move taking Clippard out. It was his first major league start and he had thrown 95 pitches. He took him out at a time when he was psychologically confident and not after he had given up a couple hits and the pressure mounted. It was risky though....
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