Home Cookin’
By Obviously, Rivera is by far the greatest closer in major league history, but I’m not sure that should mean that for every six pitches you throw out of the strike zone three should be called strikes, which makes getting that last out a lot easier. (Admittedly, the Yankees had come contextual justification for their whining on the third-last pitch, as while it was certainly inside it was closer to the plate than the two previous balls that had been called strikes.)
None of which means that the Tribe’s failure to take advantage of another duff start from the greatest pitcher athlete in Yankee known human history is the ump’s fault; when you send Vinnie Chulk out to protect a 1-run lead in the seventh you pretty much deserve whatever you get…