The New York Yankees have played six games thus far this season and have netted a total of 17 runs, a smidge under 3 per game. For Yankees teams of the past few seasons, 3 runs a game would have lead to an 0-6 record after 6 games. However the 2008 Yankees are currently 3-3 largely because they’ve protected tight leads from the 7th inning on.
It seems as though Joba Chamberlain and Mariano Rivera are poised to collaborate to give the Yankees their most devastating bullpen tandem since Mariano and John Wetteland in 1996; that ‘96 team were unbeatable once they had a lead beyond the 6th inning.
Thus, when the Yankees inevitably start pounding the ball in ‘08, they will win a whole mess of games, because the bullpen sure won’t cost them any. That is of course so long as Farnsworth and Latroy Hawkins don’t see too many innings in big spots.
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