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Why Joe Girardi Was Completely Wrong about Wanting to Pull CC Sabathia

wanted to give my opinion on Joe Girardi wanting to pull CC Sabathia before the ninth inning of last Saturday's game at Tampa Bay.

Sabathia was cruising along with a no-hitter into the 8th inning, when with two outs Kelly Shoppach, a former teammate of CC's at Cleveland, singled to left.

Even before the ball landed, Girardi was out of the dugout to remove Sabathia.

No big deal with the Yankees were comfortably ahead 10-0, and CC was already at 111 pitches. Somewhere Nolan Ryan is laughing *.

*This game rivals the 1963 gem between Warren Spahn and Juan Marichal as the most unbelievably pitched game ever. Ryan threw 13 innings, walked 10 batters while striking out 19!

If you give him 4 pitches per batter for the ...

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