Right, Don. All those 9-2 victories in May and June when Torre made sure Proctor got his work in just to keep him sharp for October. How right you are.

Yeah, how dare Torre not use Bean, Beam and other useless pitchers more often. The team might have finished with 87 wins then.

Let’s remember that this throws things off for the Tigers too, and with the Yanks’ lineup full of patient, deep-count hitters, this could end up being a net gain.

It’s amazing how even though the Yanks, on paper, should feel pretty comfortable vs. the Tigers, something like the weather can really throw everything up in the air. All those times that Torre picked Proctor, Farnsworth, or Villone over Colter Bean, TJ Beam, Jeff Karstens, Shawn Chacon (remember him?), or whoever else was hanging out down there might bite us in the ass…