We’re 15 now. The other club, Toronto, played out of their minds and that’s not something that you can predict that’s going to happen.
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“My whole thing this year has been team, team, team“, Rodriguez said as the champagne flowed in the Yankees’ clubhouse. “With all the stuff that I went through in ’14, I talked about how dark those days were”. “To come back this year and be part of such a special team, such a special group of guys, we truly are a family and we’ve built a great brotherhood in here”.
At 40 years old, A-Rod has enjoyed another quality season at the plate this year, serving as a full-time designated hitter for the Yankees for the first time in his career. As another AL East team did just days ago, the Yankees celebrated with a few adult beverages after the game. It would have been too late for him to get a full start, and his final regular season appearance would have likely been a one-inning cameo to make sure he was feeling good physically and throwing well.
“I always have been able to get ready real quick”, he said.
That turned out to be a huge boost for the Yankees, who watched Warren pitch three scoreless innings after taking over for CC Sabathia to start the sixth, getting the ball to Dellin Betances in the ninth. “His value has been as big as any pitcher that we have in that room”. New York is the first team to reach the milestone, and within a week of the passing of Yogi Berra, the Yankees have secured a trip to the postseason that seemed quite improbable back in the spring. “I don’t think you necessarily count him out”. “Derek Jeter was a great player for a long time that meant a lot to this franchise”.
Masahiro Tanaka came through Wednesday’s start without any problems, reporting no issues with his bad right hamstring.
“Tuesday is out of the question”. As I said, we had a lot of challenges that we had to overcome.
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The Yankees will wait and see whether they’ll face the Rangers, Astros, the Angels or the Twins in the Wild Card game, though the Rangers could potentially clinch the West on Friday night with a win or an Astros loss, making the Wild Card picture somewhat clearer. “But other than that, it wasn’t even really pain, I could just feel a little bit“.
