The NY Yankee manager yanked his starting pitcher in the sixth inning after only 77 pitches to disastrous results. C'mon man, this is a nine inning game - and it's the Playoffs. Back in the 1950s the Brooklyn Dodgers came into Philly for a Sunday double-header. Big Don Newcombe pitched and won the first game for Brooklyn. After a half-hour and a change of shirt he started the second game and as I recall pitched into the middle innings before being relieved. He and his rotund battery mate, Roy Campanella, didn't have a weight room, or a jacuzzi, or a dietician - they just played the game in their hot flannel uniforms. How the game has changed!
tjs
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